White Dog (1981)

Synopsis: Sam Fuller's blunt parable about racism, WHITE DOG, explores what happens when a young actress (Christy McNichol) adopts a German Shephard that has been trained to attack black people. After a... Sam Fuller's blunt parable about racism, WHITE DOG, explores what happens when a young actress (Christy McNichol) adopts a German Shephard that has been trained to attack black people. After a number of terrifying attacks, she hires a black trainer (Paul Winfield) to rehabilitate the animal. Together, their effort to cure the white dog of its vicious upbringing becomes something an ethical experiment: can hatred be unlearned? A trenchant moral drama that isn't subtle, or easy to forget, WHITE DOG is well aided by Ennio Morricone's fine musical score which deepens its operatic dimensions and adds a layer of psychological unease. Produced in 1982, the film's controversial subject matter caused it to be withheld from theatrical release until 1991. Loosely adapted from the memoir by Romain Gary, Fuller co-wrote the screenplay with a pre-L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Curtis Hanson. [More]

Starring: Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Christa Lang, Burl Ives

Starring: Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Christa Lang, Burl Ives, Lynne Moody, Jameson Parker, Marshall Thompson, Samuel Fuller

Director: Samuel Fuller

Director: Samuel Fuller
Producer: Jon Davison
Screenwriter: Curtis Hanson, Samuel Fuller
Composer: Ennio Morricone

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