Sleeping Dogs (1978)
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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Ian Mune as Bullen |
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Warren Oates as Col. Willoughby |
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Nevan Rowe as Gloria |
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Donna Akersten as Mary |
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Ian Watkin as Dudley |
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William Johnson as Cousins |
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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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Cass Donaldson as Cass |
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Don Selwyn as Taupiri |
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Tommy Tinirau as Old Maori Man |
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Roger Oakley as Assassin Leader |
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Clyde Scott as Jesperson |
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Dorothy McKegg as Gloria's Mother |
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Tony Groser as Gloria's Father |
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Bernard Moody as Man at Wharf |
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Laurie Dee as Special Sergeant |
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Davina Whitehouse as Elsie |
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Ron Cameron as Special 1 |
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Rod Collison as Special 2 |
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Ken Smith as Special 3 |
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Richard Moss as Special 4 |
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Norman Fawsey as Special 5 |
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Peter Rowell as Special 6 |
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Chris Parkinson as Special 7 |
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Bill Juliff as Burton |
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Pat Hoff as Sergeant |
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Tom Binns as Carter |
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Les Hunt as Guerilla Man |
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Shirley Duke as Guerilla Woman |
| Production | Larry Parr | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Roger Donaldson | Director |
| Sound | Peter Fenton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Craig McLeod | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Nevan Rowe | Casting |
| Camera | Michael Seresin | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ian Mune | Screenplay |
| Writing | Christian K. Stead | Novel |
| Writing | Arthur Baysting | Screenplay |
| Sound | David Calder | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mathew Brown | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Murray Grindlay | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lesley McLennan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Craig McLeod | Costume Design |
| Production | Roger Donaldson | Producer |
| Editing | Ian John | Editor |
| Art | Roger Donaldson | Art Direction |
| Art | Ian Mune | Art Direction |
| Crew | Geoff Murphy | Special Effects |
| Directing | Tom Binns | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Anderson | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Dag Lind | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Parkinson | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mark Piper | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Andy Roelants | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Andy Grant | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Victor Moir | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Gerry Popov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Gerry Popov | Stunts |
| Crew | Miguel Wyatt | Stunts |
| Lighting | Alun Bollinger | Gaffer |
| Camera | David Burr | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Jan Kenny | Clapper Loader |
| Lighting | Ron Payne | Electrician |
| Camera | Greg Ryan | Key Grip |
| Editing | Annie Collins | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Stewart Main | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Jackie Sullivan | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Don Blakeney | Catering |
| Crew | Brian Pratt | Catering |
| Production | Pat Murphy | Production Assistant |
| Production | Gaye Peacocke | Production Assistant |
| Production | Nevan Rowe | Production Secretary |
| Production | Dorthe Scheffmann | Production Assistant |
| Production | Graeme Reeves | Production Accountant |
| Art | Shelley Lodge | Props |
| Art | Trish Tennant | Props |
| Production | Mickey Cottrell | Publicist |
| Crew | Peter Rowell | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike Wyatt | Stunts |