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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• 1977• 1h 47m•NR• English
ActionThrillerDrama
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
Warren Oates
Col. Willoughby
Ian Mune
Bullen
Ian Watkin
Dudley
William Johnson
Cousins
DW
Davina Whitehouse
Elsie
NR
Nevan Rowe
Gloria
CS
Clyde Scott
Jesperson
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.”
