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)
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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)
Boy, was I glad I did! As other posters have stated, this is a weird movie. No children star in this movie, but it has a talking dog narrator! And he's actually trained as a fighting dog -- something you probably wouldn't see in a "talking dog" movie made today.
Vic Morrow's voiceover was a bit distant -- joking a bit too much when you knew the dog was in sheer terror, for instance. But I liked the New York accent. It worked for the little street tough that the dog (his name was Wildfire) was supposed to be.
Human cast was terrific, especially Edmund Gwenn. Dean Jagger also good.
If you have a tolerance for G-rated talking animal movies, this one is different and worth checking out. It's not exactly a kids' movie -- children may be bored, in fact, since the action, though fast, isn't exactly at the breakneck cartoony pace that kids today are accustomed to. And there is some implied violence and "adult situations." But it's a brisk story that moves along nicely, and with some genuinely funny moments. And a sweet ending.
- KS-8
- Nov 24, 2003
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- Bar Sinister
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- Budget
- $891,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1