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Drama / Horror / Thriller

White Dog.

When man’s best friend becomes his fiercest enemy…

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.

Directed by Samuel Fuller

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY

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

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