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Black Dog

Black Dog

The rules of the road are simple. Don't turn back.

19986.41h 28m

Overview

An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.

Directed by Kevin Hooks
Written by William Mickelberry, Dan Vining
Produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis, Mark W. Koch, Peter Saphier
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $13.0M

Top Cast

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze

Jack Crews

Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

Red

Randy Travis

Randy Travis

Earl

Gabriel Casseus

Gabriel Casseus

Sonny

Graham Beckel

Graham Beckel

Cutler

Brenda Strong

Brenda Strong

Melanie

Rusty De Wees

Rusty De Wees

Junior

Brian Vincent

Brian Vincent

Wes

Cyril O'Reilly

Cyril O'Reilly

Vince

Erin Broderick

Erin Broderick

Tracy

Themes & Keywords

new jerseyfbicrime bossmotorcycle crashtrucktrain crashshootoutcrashexplosionmotorcycletruck driverex-congunrunnertruck crashtruck chaseaction heroatf

About Black Dog

Black Dog is a action film released in 1998 exploring themes of new jersey, fbi, crime boss, motorcycle crash, truck, train crash. Directed by Kevin Hooks, it stars Patrick Swayze, Meat Loaf, Randy Travis. An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.

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