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28 April 1989 (USA)
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Meet the two toughest cops in town. more
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To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec. full summary | add synopsis
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Movie Production Update: February 13, 2009
(From Rope Of Silicon. 13 February 2009, 12:19 AM, PST)
Movie Hopping: February 10, 2009
(From TheMovingPicture. 10 February 2009, 12:43 PM, PST)
(From Rope Of Silicon. 13 February 2009, 12:19 AM, PST)
Movie Hopping: February 10, 2009
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One of the best canine-cop movies I've seen!!
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| James Belushi | ... | Dooley | |
| Mel Harris | ... | Tracy | |
| Kevin Tighe | ... | Lyman | |
| Ed O'Neill | ... | Brannigan | |
| Koton | ... | Jerry Lee (as Jerry Lee) | |
| James Handy | ... | Byers | |
| Daniel Davis | ... | Halstead | |
| Cotter Smith | ... | Gilliam | |
| John Snyder | ... | Freddie | |
| Pruitt Taylor Vince | ... | Benny the Mule | |
| Sherman Howard | ... | Dillon | |
| Jeff Allin | ... | Chad | |
| David Haskell | ... | Doctor | |
| Alan Blumenfeld | ... | Rental Salesman | |
| William Sadler | ... | Salesman Don (as Bill Sadler) |
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101 min
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Australia:M |
USA:PG-13 |
Iceland:12 |
Germany:12 (re-rating) (uncut) |
West Germany:12 (video rating) (cut) |
Sweden:15 |
Norway:15 |
UK:15 |
Singapore:PG |
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At the dinner party given by the gangster, there is a butler walking across a room behind a doorway. The butler was Michael J.R. Gill who was working with the catering staff hired for the film. After the filming, he actually served the food used in the scene to the cast and crew. Gill was not an actor, but was actually a real English butler and for seven years was butler to British actor Laurence Harvey, prior to his death.
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Continuity: When Dooley is chasing the man on the roof of the building, you can see the man's hand on the letter "C" before he attacks Dooley.
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Spoofed in Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
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IKO IKO
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James Belushi) is a "loose cannon" cop. He has to do everything his own way on his own time and doesn't know the meaning of the word, "team-work" But after he screws up his last bust by buying a car from a car dealer and five minutes later proceeds to crash it into a building where the bad guys are dealing dope, he is assigned a new partner, a dog! To be exact. A rouge German Shepard that wants to be treated more like a person than a dog.
Belushi is very convincing and hilarious in his role as a cop, and the dog, surprisingly (I never thought I'd write this), was a great actor and did a terrific job. Hat's off to his handler!
There are predictable and very typical cop vs. bad guy moments, but overall I thought the movie was an extremely funny cop-doggy comedy, with a very predictable but humorous ending to it.
When compared to other cop-dog movies like "Turner and Hooch," it's a credit to Belushi's comedic timing that this film wound up on the top 250!