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White Dog
“When man’s best friend becomes his fiercest enemy…”
6.6 / 10• 1982• 1h 30m•PG• English
DramaHorrorThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Kristy McNichol
Julie Sawyer
Lead
Paul Winfield
Keys
Burl Ives
Carruthers
Jameson Parker
Roland Grale
Christa Lang
Nurse
Vernon Weddle
Vet
Karl Lewis Miller
Attacker
Karrie Emerson
Sun Bather
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Samuel Fuller's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. White Dog is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
