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K-9 (1989)

Movie"Meet the two toughest cops in town. One's just a little smarter than the other!"
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PG-13 1 hr 41 minApr 28th, 1989Action, Comedy, CrimeK-9 Collection PosterPart of K-9 Collection
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The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Officer Lewis), who has been trained to smell drugs. With his help, Dooley sets out to put his enemy behind the bars, but Jerry Lee has a personality of his own and works only when he wants to. On the other hand, the dog is quite good at destroying Dooley's car, house and sex-life...
StarringJim BelushiMel HarrisKevin Tighe
DirectorRod Daniel

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 28th, 1989
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 8th, 1999 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$17,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$78,247,647 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Donna Smith
Production Companies:Gordon Company, Universal Pictures
Movie Tags:
drugsdogcriminalcopplayfulhelicopterbuddy coppolicemangerman shepherdpets

K-9 Collection

K-9 is a 1989 American action-comedy film starring James Belushi and Mel Harris. It was directed by Rod Daniel, written by Steven Siegel and Scott Myers, produced by Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon, and released by Universal City Studios. The film has two sequels, K-911 (1999) and K-9: P.I. (2002), both being direct-to-video. K-9 was released exactly three months before Turner & Hooch (with Tom Hanks), which had a similar plot.