White Dog is a movie directed by Samuel Fuller in 1982 and based on the book of the same name by Romain Gary, first published in 1970. The movie features Kristy McNichol, Christa Lang, Vernon Weddle, Jameson Parker, Karl Lewis Miller, Karrie Emerson, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
After a string of terrifying occurrences, a young actress who had adopted a lost German Shepherd learns that the animal had been trained to attack black people. A veterinarian tries to help him. White Dog is a terrible portrayal of the wrongdoing committed by that most corruptible of animals: the human being. It is a growling, unyielding vision.
Movie vs Book
Year
1982
Minutes
90
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Year
1970
Pages
290
Book Rate
7.70
S: Goodreads
Book
White Dog
Original title: Chien blanc
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
User polls & recommendations
“In screenplay terms, writing a novel is more like writing a full 22 episode season of a TV series, than it is a movie.”
JEFF LYONS (Screenwriter)
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