White Dog is a 1982 American drama film directed by Samuel Fuller using a screenplay written by Fuller and Curtis Hanson loosely based on Romain Gary's 1970 novel of the same title. The film depicts the struggle of a dog trainer named Keys , who is black, trying to retrain a stray dog found by a young actress , that is a "white dog"—a dog trained to viciously attack any black person. Fuller uses the film as a platform to deliver an anti-racist message as it examines the question of whether racism is a treatable problem or an incurable condition. The film's theatrical release was... suppressed in the United States by Paramount Pictures out of concern of negative press after rumors began circulating that the film was racist. It was released internationally in France and the United Kingdom in 1982, and broadcast on various American cable television channels. Its first official American release came in December 2008 when The Criterion Collection released the original uncut film to DVD.
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| Release date: | 1981 |
| Directed by: | Samuel Fuller |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 84 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jon Davison |
| Editor: | Bernard Gribble |
| Music by: | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography: | Bruce Surtees |
| Screenplay by: | Samuel Fuller, Curtis Hanson |
| Estimated budget: | $7,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | White Dog |