Feature film — 1978
Sleeping Dogs (1978)
Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.
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A high-signal pick with 50 votes.
New Zealand Film Commission / Aardvark Films / Broadbank Investments / New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council
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Director: Roger Donaldson
On screen
Cast & crew
Sam Neill
Smith
Ian Mune
Bullen
Warren Oates
Col. Willoughby
Nevan Rowe
Gloria
Donna Akersten
Mary
Ian Watkin
Dudley
William Johnson
Cousins
Melissa Donaldson
Melissa
Dougal Stevenson
News Reader
Bernard Kearns
Prime Minister
Raf Irving
Reporter
Cass Donaldson
Cass
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