Sleeping Dogs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-04-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

New Zealand

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (573 Reviews)

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Genres:

Action Thriller Drama

Cast:

Sam Neill Nevan Rowe Ian Mune Warren Oates

Writer:

Christian K. Stead (novel)

Ian Mune (screenplay)

Arthur Baysting (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Recluse Smith (Sam Neill) is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerillas 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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