Dog Movies

Benji the Hunted is a 1987 children’s film about a dog trying to survive in the wilderness. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures.

Plot

Benji has become stranded in a remote island during a boating accident. He finds himself struggling to survive, avoiding close encounters with a wolf, a bear, and a territorial female cougar with her kitten.

After becoming stranded, Benji observes a female cougar gunned down by a hunter. Benji attempts to comfort the dying animal, but he is chased away by the hunter, who retrieves the dead cat and marches off with it draped over his shoulders. Benji eventually encounters four orphaned cougar kittens, presumably belonging to the murdered cougar, and he attempts to shield them from predation. A wolf pursuing the kittens, and perhaps Benji, is one of the main highlights of the film. In one of the film’s more tragic scenes, one of the kittens gets carried off by an eagle.

Benji later tries to catch up with the female cougar he encountered earlier with the intention of leaving the three remaining kittens in her care. Having accomplished this, he is then observed by his master, who flies overhead in a helecopter while searching for the lost dog.