Rent Sleeping Dogs Lie (1998)
3.1 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
In 1919, Ambrose Small (Art Hindle) is a rich gambler and a theatre impresario who spends his spare time dabbling in drugs and prostitution. At the height of his glory, he sells his succesful theatre chain for over a million dollars, sends a body guard with his wife Theresa (Wendy Crewson) to the bank with the cheque, then vanishes without a trace. There were no witnesses, no notes, no clues. The inexplicable case makes international headlines attracting bounty hunters and spiritualists alike. Every unidentified corpse found on city streets is believed to be Ambrose. The explosive Protestant public thinks Mrs. Small is a murderous shrew when she decides to donate half of her inheritance to the Catholic Church. The government steps in and puts the money in trust until she can prove herHiusband is legally dead. She becomes terrified that her husband is actually alive and coming after her. The questions remain: is the beautiful Theresa Small an abandoned wife, a grieving widow or perhaps even a gifted manipulator capable of any crime? 'Sleeping Dogs Lie' rips open the true-life tabloid tale of adultery, greed, religious insanity and murder. - Actors:
- Wendy Crewson, Joel Keller, Leon Pownall, Shawn Doyle, Leslie Yeo, Shannon Lawson, Cedric Smith, Art Hindle, Eric Peterson, Michael Murphy, Yoav Dekelbaum, Susannah Hoffmann, Richard Blackburn, Michael Caruana, Brad Garrick, Rodger Barton, Nicky Guadagni, Marcia Bennett, Richard McMillan, Alexandre Beaulieu
- Directors:
- Stefan Scaini
- Producers:
- Kevin Sullivan
- Writers:
- Raymond Storey, Fred McClement
- Studio:
- Sullivan Entertainment
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Canada
