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The Werewolf of Washington (1973)

Director: Milton Moses Ginsberg

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From Time Out Film Guide

A hit-or-miss comedy which blends political satire and lycanthropic laughs, but lacks bite. Stockwell plays a White House aide who is bitten by a werewolf while in Hungary, then returns to Washington to wreak havoc in the corridors of power. The President (McGuire) and his pragmatic psychiatrist effect a cover-up (cf. Watergate), fearing the press will use Stockwell's senatorial snacks to discredit the presidency. A poorly integrated subplot involving a mad-dwarf scientist (Dunn) is good for a few laughs, but like the half-hearted pastiche of Universal's The Wolf Man, it goes nowhere.

Author: NF 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Milton Moses Ginsberg

Producer: Nina Schulman

Cast: Dean Stockwell, Biff McGuire, Clifton James, Beeson Carroll, Jane House, Michael Dunn full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 90 mins


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