| Sleeping Dogs Lie | |
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| Based on | The Strange Case of Ambrose Small by Fred McClement |
| Screenplay by | Raymond Storey |
| Directed by | Stefan Scaini |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
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| Running time | 92 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company | Sullivan Entertainment[1] |
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| Release | 1998 |
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Sleeping Dogs Lie is a 1998 film produced by Sullivan Entertainment and based on the true-life story of Ambrose Small, a Toronto millionaire who went missing after selling his chain of burlesque theatres for $1.7 million to Loew's movie theatres. The film is inspired by the book The Strange Case of Ambrose Small by Fred McClement. It stars Wendy Crewson as Mrs. Theresa Small.
The character of Ambrose Small also appears as a major character in the Michael Ondaatje novel, In the Skin of a Lion.