Sleeping Dogs
What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!
1977 | 107m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Roger Donaldson |
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| Writer: | Arthur Baysting, Christian K. Stead, Ian Mune |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 06, 1977 |
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| Director: | Roger Donaldson |
| Writer: | Arthur Baysting, Christian K. Stead, Ian Mune |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | civil war, based on novel or book, new zealand, dystopia |
| Production Companies | New Zealand Film Commission, Aardvark Films, Broadbank Investments |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $308,205 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Don Selwyn | Taupiri |
| Melissa Donaldson | Melissa |
| Dougal Stevenson | News Reader |
| Bernard Kearns | Prime Minister |
| Raf Irving | Reporter |
| Tommy Tinirau | Old Maori Man |
| Bill Juliff | Burton |
| Laurie Dee | Special Sergeant |
| Roger Oakley | Assassin Leader |
| Dorothy McKegg | Glorias Mother |
| Cass Donaldson | Cass |
| Tony Groser | Gloria's Father |
| Bernard Moody | Man at Wharf |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arthur Baysting | Screenplay |
| Christian K. Stead | Novel |
| Ian John | Editor |
| Lesley McLennan | Costume Design |
| Craig McLeod | Costume Design, Sound Recordist |
| Nevan Rowe | Casting |
| Peter Fenton | Sound Mixer |
| Roger Donaldson | Director, Art Direction |
| Ian Mune | Screenplay, Art Direction |
| Geoff Murphy | Special Effects |
| Michael Seresin | Director of Photography |
| Mathew Brown | Original Music Composer |
| David Calder | Original Music Composer |
| Murray Grindlay | Original Music Composer |
| Tom Binns | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Larry Parr | Associate Producer |
| Roger Donaldson | Producer |
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