- Wild Thing (film)
Infobox Film
name = Wild Thing
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director =Max Reid
producer =David Calloway Nicolas Clermont
writer =John Sayles
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starring =Robert Knepper Kathleen Quinlan
music =George S. Clinton
cinematography =René Verzier
editing =Battle Davis Steven Rosenblum
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released = April 17, 1987
runtime = 92 min
country = USA
language = English
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gross = US$84,000
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amg_id = 1:140885
imdb_id = 0094325"Wild Thing" is a 1987 film directed by
Max Reid , screenplay byJohn Sayles , and story byLarry Stamper .Cast
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Robert Knepper as Wild Thing
*Kathleen Quinlan as Jane
*Robert Davi as Chopper
*Maury Chaykin as Jonathan Trask
*Betty Buckley as Leah
*Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Wild Thing (10 years old)
*Clark Johnson as Winston
*Sean Hewitt as Father Quinn
*Teddy Abner as Rasheed
*Cree Summer as Lisa
*Shawn Levy as Paulynopsis
When his parents are killed in a drug deal, a young boy becomes an urban
Tarzan defending innocents in a large city. The song "Wild Thing" bythe Troggs is played as a sort of theme music for this unlikely hero, played byRobert Knepper .
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