The Plague Dogs

(1982)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 307 votes

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Drama

Year: 1982

Runtime: 103 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Martin Rosen

Cast: Джон Хёрт, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell, Judy Geeson, Патрик Стюарт, Brian Stirner, Penelope Lee, Geoffrey Matthews

Plot

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.

An animated adaptation of Richard Adams' novel, about a pair of dogs (Snitter and Rowf) who escape from a research laboratory and try to survive in the wild with the help of a cunning fox (The Tod). The lab director tries to keep the escape quiet, but as an increasing number of sheep are found killed, word leaks out, together with rumors that the dogs might be plague carriers.