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
Kristy McNichol
Julie Sawyer
Paul Winfield
Keys
Burl Ives
Carruthers
Jameson Parker
Roland Grale
Christa Lang
Nurse
Vernon Weddle
Vet
Karl Lewis Miller
Attacker
Karrie Emerson
Sun Bather
Helen Siff
Pound Operator
Glen Garner
Pound Worker
Terrence Beasor
Pound Driver
Tony Brubaker
Sweeper Driver
Samuel Fuller
Charlie Felton
Marshall Thompson
Director
Paul Bartel
Cameraman
Dick Miller
Animal Trainer
Richard Monahan
Assistant Director
Neyle Morrow
Soundman
George Fisher
Gondolier
Lynne Moody
Molly
Hubert Wells
Trainer
Martine Dawson
Martine
Bob Minor
Joe
Robert Ritchie
Animal Trainer
Alex Brown
Man in Church
Clifford A. Pellow
Sheriff
Sam Laws
Charlie
Parley Baer
Wilber Hull
Samantha Fuller
Hellen
Jamie Crowe
Theona
Joseph R. Hornok
Guitar Player
Lisette Kremer
Swimsuit Model (uncredited)
Crew
Samuel Fuller
Director, Screenplay
Curtis Hanson
Screenplay
Romain Gary
Story
Bernard Gribble
Editor
Pamela Malouf
Assistant Editor
Bruce Surtees
Director of Photography
Nick Vanoff
Executive Producer
Edgar J. Scherick
Executive Producer
Jon Davison
Producer
Brian Eatwell
Production Design
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Mike Fenton
Casting
Gail Viola
Costumer
Ellis Cohen
Costumer
Del Acevedo
Makeup Artist
Ray Alba
Sound Effects Editor
Carolyn Colwell
Sound Effects Editor
Tom C. McCarthy
Sound Effects Editor
Jim Bullock
Sound Effects Editor
Don Cahn
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jim Cook
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert L. Harman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Barbara Krieger
Set Decoration
Gene LeBell
Stunts
Jadie David
Stunts
Kerrie Cullen
Stunts
Sherry Peterson
Stunts
John Sherrod
Stunts
Eddie Smith
Stunts
Marvin Walters
Stunts
George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Bob Minor
Stunt Coordinator
Tom Stern
Gaffer
Dan Perri
Title Designer
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