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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 17, 1983
Box Office
$423K
Budget
$6.0M
Return
0.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 17, 2004
Theaters
3
Director
Writer
Producers
Martin Rosen, Martyn Hall, Jake Eberts
Music
Studio
Nepenthe Productions, Goldcrest
Cast
Full credits →J
John Hurt
Snitter (voice)
C
Christopher Benjamin
Rowf (voice)
J
James Bolam
The Tod (voice)
N
Nigel Hawthorne
Dr. Boycott (voice)
W
Warren Mitchell
Tyson / Wag (voice)
J
Judy Geeson
Pekinese (voice)
P
Patrick Stewart
Major (voice)
B
Brian Stirner
Laboratory Assistant (voice)
P
Penelope Lee
Lynn Driver (voice)
G
Geoffrey Matthews
Farmer (voice)
B
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Farmer's Wife (voice)
J
John Bennett
Don (voice)
J
John Franklyn-Robbins
Williamson (voice)
B
Bill Maynard
Editor (voice)
M
Malcolm Terris
Robert (voice)
R
Rosemary Leach
Vera (voice)
P
Philip Locke
Civil Servant #1 (voice)
B
Brian Spink
Civil Servant #2 (voice)
T
Tony Church
Civil Servant #3 (voice)
A
Anthony Valentine
Civil Servant #4 (voice)
