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Released
1975 · FILM

A Boy and His Dog

A teenage scavenger teams with his telepathic dog to secure food and safety in a lawless, post‑apocalyptic wasteland, while battling ruthless gangs that will kill anyone who crosses their path.

A rather kinky tale of survival.

Directed by
Runtime
91 min
ComedyDramaSci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year-old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 15

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Scott ConradShot by John Arthur MorrillScored by Tim McintireDesigned by Dirk London

Box Office

1975 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 17× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$6.9M

Budget$400K
Worldwide gross$6.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • A Boy and His Dog – In der Gewalt der Unterirdischende
  • Der Junge mit dem Hundde
  • Der Junge und sein Hundde
  • Un muchacho y su perroes
  • Apocalypse 2024fr
  • Un ragazzo e il suo caneit

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