With his cop companion shot and killed by terrorists, Reno The Dog pairs up with tough cop Jake in thwarting the criminal organization.
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| Chuck Norris | ... | Jake Wilder | |
| Michele Lamar Richards | ... | Savannah Boyette | |
| Erik von Detten | ... | Matthew Swanson | |
| Carmine Caridi | ... | Lou Swanson | |
| Clyde Kusatsu | ... | Ken Callahan | |
| Kai Wulff | ... | Otto Dietrich | |
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Peter Savard Moore | ... | Karl Koller |
| Timothy Bottoms | ... | Nelson Houseman | |
| Francesco Quinn | ... | Mark Curtains | |
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Herta Ware | ... | Wilder's Mother |
| John Kerry | ... | Commander West | |
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Hank Baumert | ... | Masked Firefighter / Border Patrol Officer |
| Linda Castro | ... | Paramedic | |
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John Sistrunk | ... | Driver at Border |
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Bob Bastanchury | ... | Passenger |
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With his cop companion shot and killed by terrorists, Reno The Dog pairs up with tough cop Jake in thwarting the criminal organization.
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28 April 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Policeman: It didn't come through.
Jake Wilder: What do you mean it didn't come through?
Policeman: I don't know, Jake, they said something about probable cause.
Jake Wilder: Well, I'm going in anyway.
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For the first time in 53 years, San Diego officials opened the famed Balboa Park Bell Tower to shoot several scenes. The tower hasn't been used since it appeared in Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane" in 1941. See more »Goofs
The C4 in the trunk of the car blew up when shot. In reality, shooting the C4 would have had no effect. See more »Quotes
Jake Wilder: Got the warrant?Policeman: It didn't come through.
Jake Wilder: What do you mean it didn't come through?
Policeman: I don't know, Jake, they said something about probable cause.
Jake Wilder: Well, I'm going in anyway.
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Chuck Norris partnered up with a dog a shaggy dog a decorated police dog. Comedy gold! Coming late to party, as this novelty was popular in the late eighties with films like "Turner and Hooch" and "K-9". Aaron Norris would direct his brother in this asininely light-hearted (well not all the time) vehicle that would see him going after some very incompetent militant white-supremacists looking to make an explosion. And didn't Aaron Norris like his explosions with cars flying off the ground! One thing though these bad guys were hopeless. I use to think the white-supremacists in Eastwood's "Pink Cadillac" were the most inept I've watched, but there's another contender with "Top Dog". Norris' combination with the dog Reno makes for many amusingly charming situations. "You ate my chicken you mangy mutt!" But really it Norris tackling Neo Nazi white power is where the fun is at. Watch as he simply pummels these bad guys (which takes almost an hour), in something that turns out like a live action loony toons outing. However before the pummelling begins these sour face bad guys simply like to rant about white power and stand around looking mean while constantly nodding at each other. Norris is one busy copper. An arrogant, sloppy and gung-ho one too. Let's not forget a mummy's boy. His lead-up work in trying to figure out what's going on is rather hilarious, because everything feels like its made up on the spot hoping the clues would pop up than researching it. Then again if that happened we wouldn't get the heart-stopping climax of tension, laughs and someone riding a bike as fast as they can. The cast are all game with Michele Lamar Richards, Clyde Kusatsu, Timothy Bottoms, Francesco Quinn and John Kerry. Norris phones it in, while it's Reno who steals the show. There's even time mid-way through for Reno to take a break from the investigation to go to a dog show and mess about?! Aaron's direction is sturdy, but plain despite the acrobats where there's a cheap TV feel about it.
"Sit your rights down".