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
