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6.1/10   127 votes
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Director:
Ed Kaplan
Writers (WGA):
Sandra Weintraub (story)
Michael Pardridge (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
24 March 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Family | Adventure more
Plot:
Misfits Danny Stauffer and Chips (a chicken-chasing German shepherd) are teamed up in the Army's "Dogs for Defense" program during WWII. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
An enjoyable story more (4 total)

Cast

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Brandon Douglas ... Danny Stauffer

Ned Vaughn ... Mitch Wilson
Paxton Whitehead ... Smythe
Robert Miranda ... Sgt. Rust

Ellie Cornell ... Kathy Lloyd

William Devane ... Col. Charnley
Coby Scheldt ... Jim Hastings
Juli Morser ... Mrs. Hastings
Sheridan Gayr ... Peggy
Luke Rossi ... Jimbo
Dick Arnold ... Farmer Steele
Lyn Tyrrell ... Mrs. Steele

Robert Munns ... Sheriff
Gary Taylor ... Bob Stauffer
Corey Gunnestad ... Teen in Uniform
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Buckley, Washington, USA more
Company:
Walt Disney Television more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Features the concluding scene from Donald Gets Drafted (1942) (Donald cutting potatoes). more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the first dog-feeding scene, a soldier gives a dog named Hercules a bowl of food. Hercules' dog house has a sign that says "Hercules" on it. In a following scene, Smythe gives Hercules a dog treat, and he's in a different dog house, without the name sign. In the rest of the shots, he's in the original dog house with the name sign. more
Quotes:
Sgt. Rust: [as Sgt. Rust goes to the barracks] The Bible had it all wrong, there is not just heaven and hell. They forgot to mention me, drill-sergeant Rust. It is time to rise and shine girls. My wish is your command.
[louder to Danny Stauffer]
Sgt. Rust: Are you dreaming, sweetheart? This is not your home, I am not your mother. Get up! Do you understand?
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Movie Connections:
Features Donald Gets Drafted (1942) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
An enjoyable story, 6 November 2005
6/10
Author: rebeljenn from Bath, England

War and dogs. This suggests that it is a film for boys who have a pet dog or who long to have a pet dog. But, girls can enjoy it too. I saw this film on television when I was younger, and it was a film that I watched several times from a VHS. The story is about a family dog who is not disciplined and who is forced to leave his family and join the army where he has a difficult-at-first new owner. In the end, it all works out between the undisciplined dog and his new master, the soldier. It's a very realistic film with enough action to keep the heart-warming story of friendship interesting. I would recommend this film to children from about 8-years-old. Good!

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