The Werewolf of Washington

The Werewolf of Washington
The Werewolf of Washington
	DVD cover
Directed by	Milton Moses Ginsberg
Written by	Milton Moses Ginsberg
Produced by	Nina Schulman; Stephen A. Miller
Starring	Dean Stockwell; Biff McGuire; Clifton James; Michael Dunn
Cinematography	Robert M. Baldwin
Edited by	Milton Moses Ginsberg
Music by	Arnold Freed
Distributed by	Diplomat
Release date	February 20, 1973;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; Hungarian

The Werewolf of Washington is a 1973

horror comedy film written and directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg and starring Dean Stockwell. Produced by Nina Schulman, it satirizes several individuals in Richard Nixon's administration

.

Plot summary

Jack Whittier (

Communists

. He then meets a gypsy woman who tells him it was her son and he needed to die to be saved. She then gives him a charm and tells him to be careful now that he may suffer the same effects.

When he returns to

Washington D.C., he is assigned to the President (Biff McGuire); he has also been having an affair with the President's daughter Marion (Jane House). Jack suddenly starts to feel different changes about him whenever the moon is full. Numerous murders suddenly occur all over Washington, all related to the President's staff. Jack is now convinced that he is a werewolf; when he tries to explain this to his superior, Commander Salmon (Beeson Carroll), the latter does not believe him. Jack then presents a pattern of where the murders have happened in the shape of a pentagram

; he convinces him (Salmon) to lock him in his apartment and restrain him and also to be documented. The President needs Jack for a special interview with the Chinese prime minister; however, Jack starts to change into a werewolf and he attacks the President.

He then leaves for Marion, who then shoots him with a silver bullet, thus killing him and changing him back to his human form. Many witnesses decide to cover up the act saying Jack bravely came into the line of fire.

In audio over the closing credits, the President addresses the nation. At the very end, he starts to change into a werewolf.

Cast

Dean Stockwell as Jack Whittier
Katalin Kallay as Giselle
Henry Ferrentino as Beal
Despo Diamantidou as Gypsy Woman
Thayer David as Inspector
Nancy Andrews as Mrs. Margie Captree
Clifton James as Attorney General
Biff McGuire as The President
Jack Waltzer as Appointments Secretary
Ben Yaffee as Mr. Captree
Jane House as Marion
Beeson Carroll as Commander Salmon
Michael Dunn as Dr. Kiss
Harry Stockwell as Military #2

Release

The film was originally released theatrically in the United States by Diplomat in 1973. After it performed underwhelmingly in initial engagements, the title was changed to Werewolf at Midnight, and ads stopped drawing attention to its political themes.

On

Elvira, played by Cassandra Peterson

.

In 2023, Kino Lorber released the film on blu-ray. The release featured the theatrical cut of the film as well as a director's cut prepared by Ginsberg shortly before his death in 2021. ^[1]