Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jason London | ... | Phil Jack | |
Julian Feder | ... | Danny Jack | |
Alicia Witt | ... | Melanie West | |
Morgan Fairchild | ... | Ms. Merryweather | |
Bryan Batt | ... | Judge Brown | |
Caitlin Carmichael | ... | Bridget Jack | |
Austin Anderson | ... | Skip Jack | |
Jim Metzler | ... | Mr. Fleet | |
Marque Richardson | ... | Dirk | |
Laura Ann Kesling | ... | Teresa | |
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Madison Mier | ... | Vivian Merryweather |
Chris Moss | ... | Mr. Bright | |
Cheryl Texiera | ... | Ms. Hampton | |
Jessica Tyler Brown | ... | Snotty Girl | |
Brandon Tyler Russell | ... | Ronny |
A family adopts a runt of a dachshund from a shelter. Only time will tell if little "Shelly" and her new family are up for the challenges of entering the nation's greatest wiener dog race, Wienerschnitzel's "Wiener Dog Nationals." One Nation, one race, one wiener. Written by The Film Catalogue
Our dachshunds really enjoyed seeing their friends, but our humans thought it was sweet and simple and charming, well above expectations. Morgan Fairchild was meant to be a pain, but the other actors were none of them famous but were surprisingly charming and relaxed and attractive. For a really simple, really inexpensively made, really predictable movie, this one turned out to be way better than we expected. It looks like the hot dog stand chain that is featured in the movie really exists and maybe even runs these races. But it was just a very happy movie to watch. We'd recommend it to anybody and maybe even watch it again if it turns up on an airplane.