Sleeping Dogs (1977)
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Synopsis of Sleeping Dogs
Director Roger Donaldson's directorial debut was also a breakthrough film for New Zealand filmmakers, being the first film from New Zealand to open in the United States. Sam Neill stars as a man named Smith who lives in a near future of economic collapse in New Zealand. Smith is a husband who discovers that his wife has been having an affair. Unable to deal with it, he decides to move out and live by himself. But the precarious political chaos in New Zealand has created a right wing backlash, with repressive government forces murdering opponents to the government's policies. Smith finds himself joining a group of freedom fighters that sets out to preserve democracy. Opposing Smith and the freedom fighters are the government thugs and an apolitical soldier of fortune named Willoughby (Warren Oates). ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Sleeping Dogs
- Sam Neill - Smith
- Nevan Rowe - Gloria
- Ian Watkin - Dudley
- Tommy Tinirau - Old Maori Man
- Roger Oakley - Assassin Leader
- Dorothy McKegg - Gloria's Mother
- Davina Whitehouse - Elsie
- Donna Akersten - Mary
- Ken Smith - Special 3
- Bernard Kearns - Prime Minister
- Ian Mune - Bullen
- Don Selwyn - Taupiri
- Bill Johnson - Cousin
- Clyde Scott - Jesperson
- Tony Groser - Gloria's Father
- Bill Julliff - Burton
- Warren Oates - Willoughby
- Director(s):
- Roger Donaldson
- Writer(s):
- Ian Mune, Arthur Baysting
- Producer(s):
- Roger Donaldson
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