- Country: New Zealand
- Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
- Release: 1978-07-13
- Director: Roger Donaldson
- Writers: Christian K. Stead , Ian Mune , Arthur Baysting
- Language: English | Maori
- Stars: Sam Neill , Nevan Rowe , Ian Mune , Warren Oates (1928–1982) , Ian Watkin , Clyde Scott , Donna Akersten , William Johnson , Don Selwyn , Davina Whitehouse
- Runtime: 107 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: テロリストたちの夜/自由への挽歌 (Japan) , Sleeping Dogs (Finland) , Schlafende Hunde , Coup d'État (France, French Republic) , Sleeping Dogs (Norway) , Perros de presa (Spain) , Roger Donaldson's Sleeping Dogs (Australia) , Sleeping Dogs (United Kingdom) , Entre 2 fuegos (Argentina) , Menneskejagt (Denmark) , Śpiące psy (Poland) , Sleeping Dogs (United States of America) , Ομάδες ασφαλείας (Greece) , Спящие собаки , Sleeping Dogs (Sweden) , Sleeping Dogs (New Zealand) , Sleeping Dogs , Unica regola vincere (Italy) , Força Selvagem (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Coup d'État (Canada)
- 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.
- IMDB:tt0076725
Sleeping Dogs Cast · · · ALL
Roger Donaldson
Director
Sam Neill
Smith
Warren Oates
(1928–1982)
Col. Willoughby
Ian Mune
Bullen
Ian Watkin
Dudley
William Johnson
Cousins
Davina Whitehouse
Elsie
Nevan Rowe
Gloria
Clyde Scott
Jesperson
Donna Akersten
Mary
Don Selwyn
Taupiri
Melissa Donaldson
Melissa
Dougal Stevenson
News Reader
Bernard Kearns
Prime Minister
Raf Irving
Reporter
Tommy Tinirau
Old Maori Man
Laurie Dee
Special Sergeant
Bernard Moody
Man at Wharf