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White Dog

1982 · 1h 30m · Drama · Horror · Thriller

When man’s best friend becomes his fiercest enemy…

IMDb
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes
94%

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Overview

Samuel Fuller’s throat-grabbing exposé on American racism was misunderstood and withheld from release when it was made in the early eighties.Today, the notorious film is lauded for its daring metaphor and gripping pulp filmmaking. Kristy McNichol stars as a young actress who adopts a lost German shepherd, only to discover through a series of horrifying incidents that the dog has been trained to attack black people, and Paul Winfield plays the animal trainer who tries to cure him. A snarling, uncompromising vision, White Dog is a tragic portrait of the evil done by that most corruptible of all animals; the human being.

Cast

Kristy McNichol

Kristy McNichol

Julie Sawyer

Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Keys

Burl Ives

Burl Ives

Carruthers

Jameson Parker

Jameson Parker

Roland Grale

Christa Lang

Christa Lang

Nurse

Vernon Weddle

Vernon Weddle

Vet

Karl Lewis Miller

Karl Lewis Miller

Attacker

Karrie Emerson

Karrie Emerson

Sun Bather

Helen Siff

Helen Siff

Pound Operator

Glen Garner

Pound Worker

Terrence Beasor

Pound Driver

Tony Brubaker

Tony Brubaker

Sweeper Driver

Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller

Charlie Felton

Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson

Director

Paul Bartel

Paul Bartel

Cameraman

Dick Miller

Dick Miller

Animal Trainer

Crew

Media

Details

Release date
July 7, 1982
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$46,509
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller

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