Name: Sleeping Dogs
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1978-07-13
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Sam Neill, Ian Mune, Warren Oates, Nevan Rowe, Donna Akersten

1978·Action·1h 47m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by Roger Donaldson

civil war

based on novel or book

dystopia

new zealand

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Cast

Sam Neill

Smith

Ian Mune

Bullen

Warren Oates

Col. Willoughby

Donna Akersten

Mary

Ian Watkin

Dudley

William Johnson

Cousins

Roger Oakley

Assassin Leader

Bernard Moody

Man at Wharf

Crew

Roger Donaldson

Director

Ian Mune

Screenplay

Michael Seresin

Director of Photography

Roger Donaldson

Producer

Roger Donaldson

Art Direction

Ian Mune

Art Direction

Geoff Murphy

Special Effects

Mickey Cottrell

Publicist

Popular Reviews

5 reviews

mateo rosa

1.0★ · 03/04/26

got 50:55 in and i cant fucking take this anymore

ScottPRO

6.0★ · 10/02/23

Really shaggy, pretty vague politics, never quite as compelling as you want it to be. But for what is essentially the first Major film produced in New Zealand, I can't fault it too much for those things. A lot of impressive stuff going on and my god Sam Neil is handsome!

7.0★ · 03/31/23

Vincent

9.1★ · 10/29/22

Theolejake

7.0★ · 07/26/21