The Plague Dogs 1-Disc Box Set DVD

The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated feature that adapts the Richard Adams novel into a quietly devastating story about two laboratory test subjects who escape into the British countryside, only to find that the world outside the cages carries hazards of its own. With voice work from John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, and James Bolam, the film commits fully to its serious register, refusing to soften the source material's hard edges or to provide the kind of easy comfort that animation aimed at young audiences typically supplies.