Wild Thing
Directed by	Max Reid
Screenplay by	John Sayles
Story by	Larry Stamper
Produced by	David Calloway Nicolas Clermont
Starring	Robert Knepper Kathleen Quinlan
Cinematography	René Verzier
Edited by	Battle Davis Steven Rosenblum
Music by	George S. Clinton
Production company	Filmline International[1]
Distributed by	Atlantic Releasing Corporation[1]
Release date	April 17, 1987 (1987-04-17)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	US$84,000

Wild Thing is a 1987 film directed by Max Reid and starring Robert Knepper and Kathleen Quinlan. The screenplay was by John Sayles and the story by Larry Stamper. The film was distributed by the Atlantic Entertainment Group.

Plot

When his parents are killed in a botched drug deal, a young boy is taken in by a bag lady who teaches him about the Blue Coats (Cops) and White Coats (Doctors). After her death, he becomes an urban Tarzan defending innocents in a large city. He soon becomes an urban legend and champion of street justice, espousing a 1960s philosophy and coming to the aid of the helpless and oppressed. Jane (Kathleen Quinlan) is the concerned social worker who falls for the hero. Armed with a bow and arrow and makeshift equipment such as a grappling hook made from an old umbrella, he and his cat sidekick set out to avenge his parents death when he finds the drug dealer that killed them. The song Wild Thing by the rock band The Troggs is played as a sort of theme music for this unlikely hero, played by Robert Knepper.

Cast

• Robert Knepper as Wild Thing
  • Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Wild Thing (10 years old)
• Kathleen Quinlan as Jane
• Robert Davi as Chopper
• Maury Chaykin as Jonathan Trask
• Betty Buckley as Leah
• Clark Johnson as Winston
• Sean Hewitt as Father Quinn
• Teddy Abner as Rasheed
• Cree Summer as Lisa
• Shawn Levy as Paul