Sleeping Dogs (1977)
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.
Director:
Roger Donaldson
Writers:
Ian Mune, Arthur Baysting.
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Sam Neill as Smith |
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Warren Oates as Col. Willoughby |
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Ian Mune as Bullen |
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Ian Watkin as Dudley |
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William Johnson as Cousins |
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Davina Whitehouse as Elsie |
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Nevan Rowe as Gloria |
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Clyde Scott as Jesperson |
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Donna Akersten as Mary |
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Don Selwyn as Taupiri |
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Melissa Donaldson as Melissa |
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Dougal Stevenson as News Reader |
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Bernard Kearns as Prime Minister |
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Raf Irving as Reporter |
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Tommy Tinirau as Old Maori Man |
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Bill Juliff as Burton |
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Laurie Dee as Special Sergeant |
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Roger Oakley as Assassin Leader |
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Dorothy McKegg as Glorias Mother |
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Cass Donaldson as Cass |
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Tony Groser as Gloria's Father |
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Bernard Moody as Man at Wharf |
| Production | Larry Parr | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Roger Donaldson | Director |
| Sound | Craig McLeod | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Nevan Rowe | Casting |
| Sound | Peter Fenton | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Michael Seresin | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ian Mune | Screenplay |
| Writing | Christian K. Stead | Novel |
| Writing | Arthur Baysting | Screenplay |
| Sound | Mathew Brown | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | David Calder | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Murray Grindlay | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Ian John | Editor |
| Production | Roger Donaldson | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lesley McLennan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Craig McLeod | Costume Design |
| Art | Ian Mune | Art Direction |
| Art | Roger Donaldson | Art Direction |
| Crew | Geoff Murphy | Special Effects |
| Directing | Tom Binns | Assistant Director |