White Dog (1982)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1982
Running Times: 84 mins
Format: Metrocolor
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Paramount Pictures
Executive Producers: Edgar J. Scherick, Nick Vanoff
Producer: Jon Davison
Associate Producer: Richard Hashimoto
Unit Production Managers: Richard Hashimoto, Mike Meehan

SCRIPT
Script: Samuel Fuller, Curtis Hanson
Story: Romain Gary

DIRECTION
Director: Samuel Fuller
Assistant Director: William P. Scott
2nd Assistant Director: Daniel Attias

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Bruce Surtees
Camera Operators: Owen Marsh, Rick Neff
Gaffer: Tom Stern
Key Grip: Charles Saldana
Stills: Sidney Ray Baldwin
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Bernard Gribble
Assistant Editors: Pamela Malouf, Robert Hendricks

MUSIC
Music / Conductor / Orchestrator: Ennio Morricone
Music Mixer: Dan Wallin
Music Editor: Daniel Allan Carlin

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Robert Gravenor
Re-Recording Mixers: Don Cahn, Jim Cook, Robert L. Harman
Dialogue Editor: Larry Mann
Sound Effects Editors: Carolyn Colwell, Jim Bullock, Ray Alba, Tom C. McCarthy

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Adelbert Acevedo
Hair: Barbara Lorenz
Costume Designers: Ellis Cohen, Gail Viola

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetics: Dave Allen, Roger Dicken, Stan Winston

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: John Frazier

VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Dan Perri

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Brian Eatwell
Set Decorator: Barbara Krieger
Property Master: Sal Sommatino

LOCATIONS
Locations: Wildlife Way Station, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Dog Trainer: Karl Lewis Miller
Assistant Dog Trainers: Joseph R. Hornok, Glen Garner

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Bob Minor
Stunts: Kerrie Cullen, Jadie David, Gene LeBell, Steve Earl Martin, Sherry Peterson, Wallace Ross, John Sherrod, Eddie Smith, Marvin Walters, George P. Wilbur

CASTING
Casting: Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton

CAST
Kristy McNichol (Julie Sawyer)
Christa Lang (nurse)
Vernon Weddle (vet)
Jameson Parker (Roland Gray)
Karl Lewis Miller (attacker)
Karrie Emerson (sunbather)
Helen J. 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)
Richard Monahan (assistant director)
Neyle Morrow (soundman)
George Fisher (gondolier)
Lynne Moody (Molly)
Hubert Wells (trainer)
Paul Winfield (Keys)
Martine Dawson (Martine)
Burl Ives (Carruthers)
Bob Minor (Joe)
Dick Miller (animal trainer 1)
Robert Ritchie (animal trainer 2)
Alex A. Brown (man in church)
Cliff Pellow (Sheriff)
Sam Laws (Charlie)
Parley Baer (Wilber Hull)
Samantha Fuller (Helen
Jamie L. Crowe (Theona)
Joseph R. Hornok (guitar player)

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: CIC Vídeo

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Mainline

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

France
Rating: -12

Norway
Rating: 15

Sweden
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: PG

West Germany
Rating: 16

UK
Rating: 15

TIMELINE

1982
July
7: France – theatrical release

1983
October
29: West Germany – theatrical release

1984
May
11: Sweden – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Cão Branco - Brazilian title
O Cão Branco - Portugese title
Dressé pour tuer - French title
Perro blanco - Spanish title
Trained to Kill - French title
Valkoinen koira - Finnish title
Die Weiße Bestie - West German video title
Der Weiße Hund von Beverly Hills - West German title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

New Musical Express 5 May 1984 p.24 (UK)
review

KEYWORDS

animals, dogs, racism

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009