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Sleeping Dogs (1977)

NR · 1977-10-06 · 1h 47m · EN
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What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!

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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Roger DonaldsonDirector
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Sam NeillSam NeillSmithWarren OatesWarren OatesCol. WilloughbyIan MuneIan MuneBullenIan WatkinIan WatkinDudleyWilliam JohnsonWilliam JohnsonCousinsDavina WhitehouseDavina WhitehouseElsieNevan RoweNevan RoweGloriaClyde ScottClyde ScottJespersonDonna AkerstenDonna AkerstenMaryDon SelwynDon SelwynTaupiriMelissa DonaldsonMelissa DonaldsonMelissaDougal StevensonDougal StevensonNews Reader

Keywords

Based on novel or bookDystopiaCivil warNew zealand

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Genre affinityAction · Thriller · DramaTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Dystopia · Civil WarDialogue densityDramaPacingActionEmotional intensityCivil WarDirector preference114943

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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.

How long is Sleeping Dogs?

Sleeping Dogs has a runtime of 107 minutes.

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