Sleeping Dogs

IMDb link: 0076725
IMDb rating: 6.3 (1,878 votes)
Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson, Ian Mune
Cast: Sam Neill, Warren Oates, Nevan Rowe and others

Release date: 13 Jul 1978
Release year: 1977
Runtime: 107 minutes
Country: New Zealand
Keywords: civil war, fascism, fascist government, dystopian future, speculative fiction, rebel group, unwilling participant, protagonist killed, cold war, unhappy ending

Plot:

Recluse Smith (Sam Neill) is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between leftist guerillas and the New Zealand government. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to avoid violence while caught between warring sides.

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