This 1983 adaptation of the Stephen King horror
novel is the anti-Beethoven, the story of a
rabid St. Bernard that terrorizes a community,
tears up a few folks, and goes after a woman and
her son. Once the point has been made that big,
lovable Cujo has been bitten by a rabid bat,
there isn't much more to say. The film is
essentially a linear progression of doggy
violence, though director Lewis Teague (The
Jewel of the Nile)--building on King's
implication that we all know what it's like to
be afraid of a big, scary pooch--succeeds at
making the fear almost primitive for an
audience.
Directed by: Lewis Teague
Written by: Don
Carlos Dunaway & Lauren Currier
Produced by: Daniel
H. Blatt, Neil A. Machlis, Robert Singer
Original music by:
Charles Bernstein
Cast:
Dee Wallace-Stone ....
Donna Trenton
Danny Pintauro .... Tad Trenton
Daniel Hugh-Kelly .... Vic Trenton
Christopher Stone .... Steve Kemp
Ed Lauter .... Joe Camber
Lee Kaiulani .... Charity Camber
Billy Jayne .... Brett Camber (as Billy Jacoby)
Mills Watson .... Gary Pervier
Sandy Ward .... Bannerman
Jerry Hardin .... Masen
Merritt Olsen .... Professor
Arthur Rosenberg .... Roger Breakstone
Terry Donovan-Smith .... Harry
Robert Elross .... Meara
Robert Behling .... Fournier
Claire Nono .... Lady Reporter
Daniel N. Blatt .... Dr. Merkatz
