Sleeping Dogs

1978 · directed by Roger Donaldson

Rating
61/100
Hit
no

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.

Sleeping Dogs (1978), directed by Roger Donaldson, rates 61/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Sam Neill
  • Ian Mune
  • Warren Oates
  • Nevan Rowe
  • Donna Akersten
  • Ian Watkin
  • William Johnson
  • Melissa Donaldson
  • Dougal Stevenson
  • Bernard Kearns

Crew

  • Michael Seresin — Director of Photography
  • Ian John — Editor
  • David Calder — Original Music Composer
  • Mathew Brown — Original Music Composer
  • Murray Grindlay — Original Music Composer
  • Arthur Baysting — Screenplay
  • Ian Mune — Screenplay

More from Roger Donaldson

  1. The World's Fastest Indian (2005) — 77/100
  2. No Way Out (1987) — 76/100
  3. McLaren (2016) — 76/100
  4. Thirteen Days (2000) — 73/100
  5. The Bank Job (2008) — 72/100
  6. The Bounty (1984) — 69/100

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