Sleeping Dogs

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.

Cast

Sam Neill

Played Smith
Warren Oates

Played Col. Willoughby
Ian Mune

Played Bullen
Ian Watkin

Played Dudley
William Johnson

Played Cousins
Davina Whitehouse

Played Elsie
Nevan Rowe

Played Gloria
Clyde Scott

Played Jesperson
Donna Akersten

Played Mary
Don Selwyn

Played Taupiri
Melissa Donaldson

Played Melissa
Dougal Stevenson

Played News Reader
Bernard Kearns

Played Prime Minister
Raf Irving

Played Reporter
Tommy Tinirau

Played Old Maori Man
Bill Juliff

Played Burton
Laurie Dee

Played Special Sergeant
Roger Oakley

Played Assassin Leader
Dorothy McKegg

Played Glorias Mother
Cass Donaldson

Played Cass
Tony Groser

Played Gloria's Father
Bernard Moody

Played Man at Wharf

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