White Dog
Samuel Fuller
United States
1982
90 minutes
Color
1.78:1
English
455
Synopsis
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 animals: the human being.
Cast
| Julie Sawyer | Kristy McNichol |
| Keys | Paul Winfield |
| Carruthers | Burl Ives |
| Roland Gray | Jameson Parker |
| Molly | Lynne Moody |
| Director | Marshall Thompson |
| Nurse | Christa Lang |
| Charlie Felton | Samuel Fuller |
| Dogs | Hans |
| Folsom | |
| Son | |
| Buster | |
| Duke |
Credits
| Director | Samuel Fuller |
| Producer | Jon Davison |
| Screenplay | Samuel Fuller and Curtis Hanson |
| Based upon the story by | Romain Gary |
| Executive producers | Edgar J. Scherick and Nick Vanoff |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Production Design | Brian Eatwell |
| Editing | Bernard Gribble |
| Music | Ennio Morricone |
| Dogs trained by | Animal Action: Karl Lewis Miller |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the uncut version, approved by producer Jon Davison
- New video interviews with producer Davison, co-writer Curtis Hanson, and Sam Fuller’s widow, Christa Lang-Fuller
- An interview with dog trainer Karl Lewis-Miller
- Rare photos from the film’s production
- PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by critics J. Hoberman and Armond White, plus a rare 1982 interview in which Fuller interviews the canine star of the film
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