Cujo (film)

Cujo
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLewis Teague
Screenplay byDon Carlos Dunaway
Barbara Turner (as Lauren Currier)
Based onCujo
by Stephen King
Produced byRobert Singer
Daniel H. Blatt
Starring
CinematographyJan de Bont
Edited byNeil Travis
Music byCharles Bernstein
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros.
(North America)
Producers Sales Organization
(International)
Release date
  • August 12, 1983 (1983-08-12)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million
Box office$21.2 million

Cujo is a 1983 American horror film based on Stephen King's 1981 novel of the same name, directed by Lewis Teague. It was written by Don Carlos Dunaway and Barbara Turner (using the pen name Lauren Currier) and stars Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Danny Pintauro. The film follows a mother and her son who are trapped inside their car while protecting themselves from a rabid St. Bernard. It was released in August, four months before Christine, another Stephen King story released theatrically the same year.