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MOVIE

White Dog

When man’s best friend becomes his fiercest enemy…

★ 6.6 1982 90 min PG DramaHorrorThriller

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.

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White Dog in its release era

Released in 1982, White Dog sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1982-07-07
Rating
PG
TMDB score
6.6/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United States of America
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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