TMDb Rating
5.6/10
45 verified votes
Sleeping Dogs (1977)
ActionThrillerDrama
107 min
"What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!"
Plot Summary
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.
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ActionThrillerDramaRoger DonaldsonSam NeillWarren Oates1977
Director
Roger Donaldson
Top Cast
Sam NeillWarren OatesIan MuneIan WatkinWilliam Johnson
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