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Poster for "Wild Thing," featuring a muscular man against a city skyline, highlighting themes of heroism and legend.

Wild Thing (1987)

A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers.

Cast:
Wild Thing: Robert Knepper
Jane: Kathleen Quinlan
Chopper: Robert Davi
Jonathan Trask: Maury Chaykin
Leah: Betty Buckley
Wild Thing (10 years): Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
Wild Thing (3 Years): Robert Bednarski
Winston: Clark Johnson
Father Quinn: Sean Hewitt
Rasheed: Theo Caesar
Lisa: Cree Summer
Paul: Shawn Levy
Hud: Ron Torchia
Laurie: Christine Jones
Wiz: Robert Austern
Braindrain: Tom Rack
Shakes: Alexander Chapman
El Barrocho: Robert Ozores
Scooter: Lorena Gale
Doowop: Sonny Forbes
Worker: Johnny O'Neil
Blood Andrew: Alistair Chartey
Blood Eric: Richard Raybourne
Blood Flash: Freddie James
Cab Driver: George Popovich
Bugs: Ken Roberts
Dink: Ron Lea
Luis: Jose Miguel Luis
Kelly: Claire Rodger
Edwina: Lynne Adams
Stacey: Elizabeth Turbide
Kim: Diana Sookdeo
Katy: Mutsumi Takahashi
Cousin Louie: Douglas Price
Teenager: Susan Seymour
Desk Clerk: Wally Martin
Runaway Boy: Audie Grant
Schoolgirl: Jodie Resther
Lady: Carol Ann Francis
Gay Man: Douglas Leopold
Girl: Patricia Hanganu
Photographer: Neil Kroetsch
Sgt. Matty: Harry Standjofski
Det. Maury: Tyrone Benskin
Det. Walt: Neil Affleck
Doctor: Arthur Corber
Wino: Griffith Brewer
Will: Anthony Sherwood
Chuckie: Joe Cazalet
Manager of Gay Bar: Arthur Holden
Orderly: Donald Lamoreux
Sid: Sandra Blackie
Nino: Ray Roth
Raul: Réal Andrews
Barbara: Bonnie Beck
Joey: Jeffrey Chong
Kenny: Richard Campbell
Dennis: Leon Darnell Ramsoondar

Written by: Larry Stamper, John Sayles

Director: Max Reid

Release date: 17 Apr 1987
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