White Dog
1982 · 1h 30m · Drama, Horror, Thriller
Watch it tonight if you're ready for a provocative, unflinching masterpiece that uses exploitation-thriller trappings to dissect American racism head-on. Samuel Fuller's willingness to be controversial and the film's genuine craft elevate it beyond shock value—this is a snarling, vital piece of cinema that deserves the reconsideration it's finally getting.
Plot
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.
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, Jameson Parker, Christa Lang