The Plague Dogs
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Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They're pursued by search parties and then the military after rumours spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.
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Cast
23 people
John Hurt
Snitter (voice)
Known for
Alien
V for Vendetta
Christopher Benjamin
Rowf (voice)
Known for
Pride and Prejudice
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
James Bolam
The Tod (voice)
Known for
New Tricks
The End of the Affair
Nigel Hawthorne
Dr. Boycott (voice)
Known for
Demolition Man
Tarzan
Warren Mitchell
Tyson / Wag (voice)
Known for
Jabberwocky
The Trollenberg Terror
Judy Geeson
Pekinese (voice)
Known for
The Lords of Salem
To Sir, with Love
Patrick Stewart
Major (voice)
Known for
Logan
X-Men
Brian Stirner
Laboratory Assistant (voice)
Known for
Overlord
Penelope Lee
Lynn Driver (voice)
Known for
The Tomb of Ligeia
Geoffrey Matthews
Farmer (voice)
Known for
The Day of the Triffids
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Farmer's Wife (voice)
Known for
Pride and Prejudice
Frenzy
John Bennett
Don (voice)
Known for
Watership Down
Bridge of Dragons
Martin Rosen Director · Richard Adams Author Patrick Gleeson Composer
Worldwide gross $423K · Budget $6M · United States release December 17, 1983
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Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$423,281
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Nepenthe Productions
Production
Rowf Films
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Austria · October 1, 1982
Theatrical
United Kingdom · December 3, 1982
Theatrical
United States · December 17, 1983
Theatrical
United States · August 17, 2004
Physical · DVD
France
April 4, 2012 · Theatrical
Germany
October 21, 1982 · Theatrical
Ireland
December 17, 1982 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 10, 1983 · Theatrical
September 3, 2007 · Physical · DVD
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