Cujo (film)

Cujo
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLewis Teague
Screenplay by
Based onCujo
by Stephen King
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJan de Bont
Edited byNeil Travis
Music byCharles Bernstein
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros.
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 directed by Lewis Teague, written by Don Carlos Dunaway and Barbara Turner (using the pen name Lauren Currier), and starring Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly, and Danny Pintauro. An adaptation of Stephen King's 1981 novel of the same name, it follows a mother and her son who are trapped inside their car while protecting themselves from a rabid St. Bernard.