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Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague.Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague.Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague.
Christopher Benjamin
- Rowf
- (voice)
James Bolam
- The Tod
- (voice)
Nigel Hawthorne
- Dr. Boycott
- (voice)
Warren Mitchell
- Tyson
- (voice)
- …
Bernard Hepton
- Stephen Powell
- (voice)
Penelope Lee
- Lynn Driver
- (voice)
Geoffrey Matthews
- Farmer
- (voice)
- (as Geoffrey Mathews)
John Bennett
- Don
- (voice)
Bill Maynard
- Editor
- (voice)
Malcolm Terris
- Robert
- (voice)
Judy Geeson
- Pekingese
- (voice)
Philip Locke
- Civil Servant #1
- (voice)
Brian Spink
- Civil Servant #2
- (voice)
Tony Church
- Civil Servant #3
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe second animated movie to be based on a Richard Adams novel and directed by Martin Rosen, and the second to feature the voices of Sir John Hurt and Sir Nigel Hawthorne, the first being Watership Down (1978).
- GoofsThe soldiers searching for the dogs are from 3 Para (Third Battalion, The Parachute Regiment) but the DZ flashes on their right shoulders display an 'X', which was the insignia of 10 Para. The soldiers should be displaying green DZ patches.
- Alternate versionsThe US version is heavily cut. UK EMI release was somewhat cut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in South Jersey Sam: Top 13 Best Foxes (2011)
- SoundtracksTime and Tide
Composed and sung by Alan Price
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As everyone else has already said - this is not a movie for kids,at least they should watch it with an adult.
I first saw it at the cinema maybe 19-20 years ago and it has never left my mind.I remember crying in the end of the movie and when I hear "time and tide" it still makes me cry.
It is very well made yet disturbing and as said before it has nothing in compare with Disneys animated musicals. There is nothing funny in this movie.Nothing to laugh at and it makes you feel very sad and depressed and ashamed of being a human.
It is very sad that most people have never ever heard of it.It deserves a far better destiny than to just fade away in to the past.
The only animated movies I can think of that is almost as touching (but still far from) as "Plague dogs",is perhaps Watership Down,Secret of NIHM,An American tail and Grave of the fireflies.
I really hope that animators nowadays could watch Plague dogs and get some inspiration.Disneymovies are nice but they are far to sentimental in my opinion.
Thats just one of the great things about Plague dogs - Its dark,grim and depressive but it NEVER EVER gets sentimental.
Why cant anybody re-release it on VHS and DVD?
"Memories is only about the past,the present time will never last, the future lies within your heart.I left this cruel world behind and I found my peace of mind.I don't feel no pain no more..."
I first saw it at the cinema maybe 19-20 years ago and it has never left my mind.I remember crying in the end of the movie and when I hear "time and tide" it still makes me cry.
It is very well made yet disturbing and as said before it has nothing in compare with Disneys animated musicals. There is nothing funny in this movie.Nothing to laugh at and it makes you feel very sad and depressed and ashamed of being a human.
It is very sad that most people have never ever heard of it.It deserves a far better destiny than to just fade away in to the past.
The only animated movies I can think of that is almost as touching (but still far from) as "Plague dogs",is perhaps Watership Down,Secret of NIHM,An American tail and Grave of the fireflies.
I really hope that animators nowadays could watch Plague dogs and get some inspiration.Disneymovies are nice but they are far to sentimental in my opinion.
Thats just one of the great things about Plague dogs - Its dark,grim and depressive but it NEVER EVER gets sentimental.
Why cant anybody re-release it on VHS and DVD?
"Memories is only about the past,the present time will never last, the future lies within your heart.I left this cruel world behind and I found my peace of mind.I don't feel no pain no more..."
- rugbyspelaren-2
- Jan 11, 2002
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Die Hunde sind los
- Filming locations
- Yewdale Rd, Coniston, England, UK(from The Plague Dogs 1982)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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