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56% Critic Match
Sleeping Dogs
“What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!”
5.6 / 10• 1978• 1h 47m•NR• English
ActionDramaThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Sam Neill
Smith
Lead
Ian Mune
Bullen
Warren Oates
Col. Willoughby
NR
Nevan Rowe
Gloria
Donna Akersten
Mary
Ian Watkin
Dudley
William Johnson
Cousins
MD
Melissa Donaldson
Melissa
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roger Donaldson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sleeping Dogs is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
