White Dog (1982)

  • PG
  • 08/13/1982 (US)
  • Drama, Horror, Thriller
  • 1h 30m

When man’s best friend becomes his fiercest enemy…

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.

Samuel Fuller

Director, Screenplay

Romain Gary

Story

Curtis Hanson

Screenplay

Cast

Kristy McNichol's headshot

Kristy McNichol

Julie Sawyer
Paul Winfield's headshot

Paul Winfield

Keys
Burl Ives's headshot

Burl Ives

Carruthers
Jameson Parker's headshot

Jameson Parker

Roland Grale
Christa Lang's headshot

Christa Lang

Nurse
Vernon Weddle's headshot

Vernon Weddle

Vet
Karl Lewis Miller's headshot

Karl Lewis Miller

Attacker
Karrie Emerson's headshot

Karrie Emerson

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