Sleeping Dogs
6.4
“What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!”
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.
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Cast
33 people
Sam Neill
Smith
Known for
Jurassic Park
Peaky Blinders
Ian Mune
Bullen
Known for
The Piano
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Warren Oates
Col. Willoughby
Known for
Badlands
In the Heat of the Night
Nevan Rowe
Gloria
Also in
Nutcase
Dagg Day Afternoon
Donna Akersten
Mary
Known for
Meet the Feebles
Ian Watkin
Dudley
Known for
Braindead
William Johnson
Cousins
Known for
The Tommyknockers
King Kong
Melissa Donaldson
Melissa
Also in
Nutcase
Dougal Stevenson
News Reader
Also in
A Forest's Dream
Bernard Kearns
Prime Minister
Also in
The Monster's Christmas
The God Boy
Raf Irving
Reporter
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Cass Donaldson
Cass
Roger Donaldson Director · Ian Mune Screenplay Arthur Baysting Screenplay
Budget $308K · United States release February 28, 1982 · Produced in New Zealand
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Budget
$308,205
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
Aardvark Films
Production
Broadbank Investments
Production
New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council
Production
New Zealand
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Māori
Release dates
New Zealand · October 6, 1977
Premiere · Auckland
United States · February 28, 1982
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Australia
July 13, 1978 · Theatrical
Germany
November 10, 1982 · TV · West Germany
Norway
April 1, 1979 · Theatrical
Philippines
August 12, 1982 · Theatrical · Davao
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