Sleeping Dogs (1977)

10/06/1977 (NZ) • Action, Thriller, Drama • 1h 47m

What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!

Overview

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.

Sleeping Dogs (1977)

10/06/1977 (NZ) • 1h 47m

Action, Thriller, Drama

What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Sam Neill

Smith

Warren Oates

Col. Willoughby

Ian Mune

Bullen

Ian Watkin

Dudley

William Johnson

Cousins

Davina Whitehouse

Elsie

Nevan Rowe

Gloria

Clyde Scott

Jesperson

Donna Akersten

Mary

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$308,205.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

civil war

based on novel or book

dystopia

new zealand

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