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


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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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