A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.
- Paddy Corbin
- (as J. M. Kerrigan)
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- Dog Catcher
- (uncredited)
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- Dogcatcher with Net
- (uncredited)
- Citizen
- (uncredited)
- Dog Owner
- (uncredited)
- Carney
- (uncredited)
- Bettor at Contest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsWhen Patch first encounters Wildfire at the bar, he takes him over and places him on a table. The dog is then shown sitting and standing in subsequent successive shots.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Wildfire: [about him and his mother as they wander the streets and back alleys of the Bowery] We ate at only the best restaurants in the waterfront o' little old New York. Well, behind the best restaurants anyway. Hoffmeier's garbage can belonged to me and my mother. Everybody knew that. That's Ma, working on a steak bone. As for those mongrels, thinking they were going to push us out of the way, that was a large mistake. Although I do not admire the expression, it was strictly dog eat dog on the waterfront.
- Crazy credits[prologue] "I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like a conscience." Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man.
- ConnectionsReferenced in My Three Sons: It's a Dog's Life (1965)
The movie itself, on finally seeing it again as an adult, is not nearly as bad as some reviewers would have you think. From my point of view, it doesn't condone dog-fighting, nor even abuse of women. Sure, it shows some fairly unacceptable behaviour, but I didn't get the impression that this was being shown as an example of the behaviour on which our own should be modelled. When I think how many times in my viewing history I've seen people (not necessarily women) punched, kicked, shot, tortured, and murdered in cold blood, then this movie is pretty darn tame.
Since buying the DVD, and then buying the book on which this movie was based (yes, this movie made a huge impression on the child who saw it years ago), I still think it's a good movie. Clunky, sure. A little strange sometimes - absolutely. Displays outmoded behaviours - no argument. But still, for Wildfire alone, worth a view or two.
- HellKelpie
- Jul 20, 2006
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- Also known as
- Bar Sinister
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- Budget
- $891,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1