A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
Practical Effects
Five St. Bernards + one mechanical head = genuinely terrifying dog
Acting
Dee Wallace's car-bound breakdown should've won everything
Director
Lewis Teague
Dee Wallace
Donna Trenton
Danny Pintauro
Tad Trenton
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Vic Trenton
Christopher Stone
Steve Kemp
Ed Lauter
Joe Camber
Kaiulani Lee
Charity Camber
Billy Jayne
Brett Camber
Mills Watson
Gary Pervier
Sandy Ward
Bannerman
Jerry Hardin
Masen
Merritt Olsen
Professor
Frank Welker
Cujo (voice; uncredited)
Clare Torao
Reporter
Arthur Rosenberg
Roger Breakstone
Robert Craighead
Joe MaGruder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The mechanical Cujo head frequently malfunctioned in water, leading to genuine frustration shots that look like real dog rage. Method acting for machines.
This film helped kill the St. Bernard breed's popularity—after Beethoven and before this, they were family movie staples. Thanks, rabies.
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