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[[Image:dog_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|White Dog'' (1982)]] | [[Image:dog_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|White Dog'' (1982)]] | ||
'''''White Dog''''' (1982) was writer/director [[Samuel Fuller]]'s (''[[The Steel Helmet]]'', ''[[Pickup on South Street]]'', ''[[Merrill's Marauders]]'') last film and arguably the most controversial of his career. The movie was pulled from theaters barely a week after its premier because of its damning criticism of American racism, only to be “rediscovered” in 1991. The film stars Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, and Dick Miller. An African American game handler, Keys (Winfield), tries to retrain a dog conditioned by its previous owners to attack black people. | '''''White Dog''''' (1982) was writer/director [[Samuel Fuller]]'s (''[[The Steel Helmet]]'', ''[[Pickup on South Street]]'', ''[[Merrill's Marauders]]'') last film and arguably the most controversial of his career. The movie was pulled from theaters barely a week after its premier because of its damning criticism of American racism, only to be “rediscovered” in 1991. The film stars Kristy McNichol, [[Paul Winfield]], Burl Ives, and Dick Miller. An African American game handler, Keys (Winfield), tries to retrain a dog conditioned by its previous owners to attack black people. | ||
'''The following firearms were used in the film ''White Dog'':''' | '''The following firearms were used in the film ''White Dog'':''' | ||
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==Beretta M1951== | ==Beretta M1951== | ||
Keys (Paul Winfield) carries a [[Beretta M1951]] throughout the film. | Keys ([[Paul Winfield]]) carries a [[Beretta M1951]] throughout the film. | ||
[[Image: Beretta 951.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta M951 - 9x19mm]] | [[Image: Beretta 951.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta M951 - 9x19mm]] | ||
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==Tranquilizer Rifle== | ==Tranquilizer Rifle== | ||
Game handlers use a custom-made tranquilizer dart rifle. | |||
[[Image:dog3_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|An Animal Trainer (Dick Miller), right, prepares the dart rifle.]] | [[Image:dog3_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|An Animal Trainer (Dick Miller), right, prepares the dart rifle.]] | ||
[[Image:dog8_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Carruthers (Burl Ives) tracks the escaped animal.]] | [[Image:dog8_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Carruthers (Burl Ives) tracks the escaped animal.]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:47, 13 April 2013
White Dog (1982) was writer/director Samuel Fuller's (The Steel Helmet, Pickup on South Street, Merrill's Marauders) last film and arguably the most controversial of his career. The movie was pulled from theaters barely a week after its premier because of its damning criticism of American racism, only to be “rediscovered” in 1991. The film stars Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, and Dick Miller. An African American game handler, Keys (Winfield), tries to retrain a dog conditioned by its previous owners to attack black people.
The following firearms were used in the film White Dog:
Beretta M1951
Keys (Paul Winfield) carries a Beretta M1951 throughout the film.
Tranquilizer Rifle
Game handlers use a custom-made tranquilizer dart rifle.
