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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.
AdventureAnimationDramabased on novel or bookfoxsocial commentarydogbluntadult animationresearch laboratoryanimal crueltypetsanimal testinganimal researchlab
- Animal harm
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Character
Earnest, grave, bleak and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- John HurtSnitter (voice)
- Christopher BenjaminRowf (voice)
- James BolamThe Tod (voice)
- Nigel HawthorneDr. Boycott (voice)
- Warren MitchellTyson / Wag (voice)
- Judy GeesonPekinese (voice)
- Patrick StewartMajor (voice)
- Brian StirnerLaboratory Assistant (voice)
- Penelope LeeLynn Driver (voice)
- Geoffrey MatthewsFarmer (voice)
Crew
- Martin RosenDirector
- Martin RosenScreenplay
- Richard AdamsNovel
- Patrick GleesonOriginal Music Composer
- Richard HarknessEditor
- Martin RosenProducer
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