Sleeping Dogs

Roger Donaldson
1977-10-06

What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!
5.7
107 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Sam Neill Smith Unowned
Warren Oates Col. Willoughby Unowned
Ian Mune Bullen Unowned
Ian Watkin Dudley Unowned
William Johnson Cousins Unowned
Davina Whitehouse Elsie Unowned
Nevan Rowe Gloria Unowned
Clyde Scott Jesperson Unowned
Donna Akersten Mary Unowned
Don Selwyn Taupiri Unowned
Melissa Donaldson Melissa Unowned
Dougal Stevenson News Reader Unowned
Bernard Kearns Prime Minister Unowned
Raf Irving Reporter Unowned
Tommy Tinirau Old Maori Man Unowned
Bill Juliff Burton Unowned
Laurie Dee Special Sergeant Unowned
Roger Oakley Assassin Leader Unowned
Dorothy McKegg Glorias Mother Unowned
Cass Donaldson Cass Unowned
Tony Groser Gloria's Father Unowned
Bernard Moody Man at Wharf Unowned