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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1987-04-17
Languageen
Runtime1h 32m
Revenue$84,000
Production

Atlantic Entertainment Group, Filmline International

5.7(20)
•1987•1h 32m

Wild Thing

"A loner. A legend. A hero."

ThrillerActionDrama

Overview

A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers.

Director
Max Reid
Writing & Screenplay
John Sayles
Cinematography
René Verzier

Principal Cast

51 credited
Robert Knepper
Robert KnepperWild Thing
Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen QuinlanJane
Robert Davi
Robert DaviChopper
Maury Chaykin
Maury ChaykinJonathan Trask
Betty Buckley
Betty BuckleyLeah
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
Guillaume Lemay-ThiviergeWild Thing (10 Years Old)
RB
Robert BednarskiWild Thing (3 Years Old)
Sean Hewitt
Sean HewittFather Quinn
Clark Johnson
Clark JohnsonWinston
TC
Theo CaesarRasheed

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