Sleeping Dogs Lie
1998 · 90 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama
In 1919 theatre owner Ambrose Small sold his business and vanished. but who , if anyone, was responsible for his disappearance?
Directed by Stefan Scaini · Written by Raymond Storey
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Wendy Crewson Theresa Small -
Art Hindle Ambrose Small -
Joel S. Keller Cole Willis -
Leon Pownall Inspector Mitchell -
Shawn Doyle Hammond - L Leslie Yeo Daniel Small
- S Shannon Lawson Vivian Doughty
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Cedric Smith J.J. Gallagher -
Eric Peterson Jack Doughty -
Michael Murphy Edgar Trott - Y Yoav Dekelbaum Yosef Dolgoy
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Susannah Hoffmann Shayna Francov
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