Mean Dog Blues

Mean Dog Blues is a 1978 American drama film directed by Mel Stuart.^[1] It stars Gregg Henry and Kay Lenz.^[2]

Mean Dog Blues
Directed by	Mel Stuart
Written by	George Lefferts
Produced by	George Lefferts Charles A. Pratt
Starring	Gregg Henry Kay Lenz Scatman Crothers Tina Louise George Kennedy
Cinematography	Robert B. Hauser
Edited by	Houseley Stevenson Jr.
Music by	Fred Karlin
Production company	Bing Crosby Productions
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	March 1978 (1978-03)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

After hitchhiking a car ride with a drunken politician and his seductive wife, Paul Ramsey, a singer, offers to take the rap in court when the politician seriously injures a child while under the influence, only to be double-crossed and sentenced to five years in prison. He ends up with other inmates treated sadistically by a brutal prison official who makes them train his hunting dogs including Rattler, a vicious Doberman.

Cast

• Gregg Henry as Paul Ramsey
• Kay Lenz as Linda Ramsey
• George Kennedy as Captain Omar Kinsman
• Scatman Crothers as Mudcat
• Tina Louise as Donna Lacey
• Felton Perry as Jake Turner
• Gregory Sierra as Jesus Gonzales
• James Wainwright as Sergeant Wacker
• William Windom as Victor Lacey