The Werewolf of Washington (1973)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Milton Moses Ginsberg

Writer:

Milton Moses Ginsberg (writer)

Release Date:

October 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Makes it perfectly clear.

Plot:

A reporter who has had an affair with the daughter of the U.S. President is sent to Hungary. There he is bitten by a werewolf...

Plot Keywords:

Hungary | U.S. President | Werewolf | Time Lapse Photography | Shoe

Cast

Dean Stockwell	...	Jack Whittier
Katalin Kallay	...	Giselle
Henry Ferrentino	...	Beal
Despo Diamantidou	...	Gypsy Woman (as Despo)
Thayer David	...	Inspector
Nancy Andrews	...	Mrs. Margie Captree
Clifton James	...	Attorney General
Biff McGuire	...	President
Jack Waltzer	...	Appointments Secretary
Ben Yaffee	...	Mr. Captree
Jane House	...	Marion - the President's Daughter
Beeson Carroll	...	Commander Salmon
Jacqueline Brookes	...	Angela - Publisher
Barbara Spiegel	...	Hippy
Thurman Scott	...	Hippy

Runtime:

90 min | UK:85 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | USA:PG | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

Diplomat Pictures / Millco

Trivia:

Hosted by Elvira Mistress of the Dark on her show "Movie Macabre" on November 21st 1981.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At about the 47 minute mark, the werewolf bursts out of the darkness at center screen to attack the Hippy Chick in the phone booth. Unfortunately, the actor, as he mounts the stairs from the left seconds before to get into position, breaks out of the light shadow enough to distract from the 'boo' effect.

Quotes:

Jack Whittier: I think your father is a cross between Abraham Lincoln and Jesus Christ.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: The Werewolf of Washington" (2005)

Bizarre

One of those "one of a kind" movies. DVD review.

An assistant to the American President turns into a werewolf - but nobody believes him.

Recommended horror-comedy that's best seen late at night. There's a strange mix between horror, Watergate political intrigue and very funny comedy. I couldn't stop laughing as the President plays bowling with Stockwell who partly turns into a werewolf (he gets his fingers stuck in a bowling ball). Picture uses the Abott & Costello humour of monsters that nobody believes. Another good scene was the woman trapped in a horizontal phone booth with Stockwell trying to get in. Good line used in the helicopter: "it's no Jack, it's a hijack".

The Werewolf Of Washington is one bizarre horror-comedy.