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When LAPD computer expert Peter Fowler investigates the killing of an old man in Chinatown, he finds the only witness is his dog, Cho Cho. But Fowler soon discovers Cho Cho is the only dog in the world who can speak to humans... not only... See more »

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Cast

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Hamilton Cage
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Peter Fowler
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Ashley Wilkenson
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Chin Li
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Gerber
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Edward Cage
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Margaret Cage
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White Cat (voice) (as Nicolette Sheridan)
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COLAR (voice)
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Brunelli
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Gonzales
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Locke
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Wolfgang
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911 Operator (as Candace Churchill)
Dagmar Midcap ...
TV Reporter
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Southern Beauty
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Poodle (voice) (as Kristin Robek)
Brian Tonomura ...
Thug
Phil Chiu ...
Thug
Don Lew ...
Thug
Mike Crestejo ...
Thug
Mitchell Allen Snary ...
Guard (as Mitchell Snary)
Bruce Tartaglia ...
Guard
Michael Patterson ...
Guard
Kevin Carney ...
Guard
Albert Mason ...
Guard
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Cho Cho (voice)
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Thug (uncredited)
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Mary Beth (uncredited) (voice)
Primo ...
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Directed by

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Bob Clark

Written by

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Gregory Poppen ... (screenplay) and
Steven Paul ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Jodea Bloomfield ... executive producer
Eric M. Breiman ... line producer
Jan Fantl ... co-producer
Reinhild Gräber ... supervising producer: ApolloMedia
Frank Hübner ... executive producer
David Marlow ... co-producer
Rosanne Milliken ... line producer
Steven Paul ... producer

Music by

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Paul Zaza
Helmut Zerlett ... (as Helmut Zerlatt)

Cinematography by

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Maher Maleh ... director of photography
Brian Pearson ... director of photography

Editing by

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Stan Cole
Lenka Svab

Editorial Department

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Keith Bryant ... laboratory contact: Technicolor
Dave Coventry ... negative cutter
Paul Ensby ... senior colorist: Cinesite Digital Film Center
Peter Hunt ... film timer
Christopher Learmonth ... digital intermediate assistant editor
Nicholas Sousa ... assistant editor
Andy Taylor ... production assistant: Cinesite Digital Film Center (as Andrew Taylor)
Madeleine C. Schnell ... post-production coordinator: Motion Picture Bond Company (uncredited)
Nik Svab ... first assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Dorothy Koster Paul ... (as Dorothy Koster)

Production Design by

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Deren Abram ... (as Deren P. Abram)

Art Direction by

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Ricardo Spinacé ... (as Ricardo Spinace)

Set Decoration by

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Martina Buckley
Margaux MacKenzie ... (as Margaux Mackenzie)

Costume Design by

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Tina Fiorda

Makeup Department

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Rita Ciccozzi ... key makeup artist
Rachel Griffin ... special makeup effects artist
Diane Holme ... assistant hair stylist (as Dianne Holmes)
Joan Issacson ... makeup artist
Cindy L. Larsen ... assistant makeup artist: second unit (as Cindy Larson)
Shauna Magrath ... key makeup artist: second unit (as Shauna McGrath)
Joan Mollinson ... key hair stylist: second unit
Lee Novak ... assistant hair stylist: second unit
Carolyn Stewart ... key makeup artist: second unit
Bill Terezakis ... prosthetics / visual makeup effects
Debra Wiebe ... hair stylist
Jill Winston ... key hair stylist: second unit
Margaret Yaworski ... assistant makeup artist
Elizabeth Villamarin ... additional key hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Eric M. Breiman ... executive in charge of production
Crawford Hawkins ... post-production supervisor
Rudolf Kurz ... production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Michael R. Sloan ... post-production supervisor (as Michael Sloan)
Hugh Spencer-Phillips ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Scott J. Ateah ... second unit director (as Scott Ateah)
Paul Garrison ... third assistant director
Ken Goch ... first assistant director
Mindy Heslin ... first assistant director: second unit
Philip Katsikas ... second assistant director: second unit (as Phil Katsikas)
Anne Koenig ... trainee assistant director
Martina Lang ... third assistant director
Dwane Launt ... second assistant director: second unit (as Dwayne Launt)
Matthias Mellinghaus ... first assistant director: second unit (as Mathias Mellinghaus)
Steven Paul ... second unit director
Ivana Siska ... second assistant director
Jacques Stroweis ... additional second unit director
David Mills ... first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department

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Vanessa Anderson ... buyer (as Vanessa Oepkes)
Jenny Ashton ... on-set dresser: second unit
Cal Barnett ... lead greens
Douglas W. Beard ... model maker
Michael Bethune ... on-set dresser (as Mike Bethune)
Darren Brewer ... location leadman
John Burke ... art department coordinator
Janice Clements ... draftsperson
Trevor Cole ... lead dresser
Lori Hagan ... lead painter
Jeremy Hanen ... on-set dresser: second unit
Jan Holmsten ... buyer
Ray Lai ... draftsperson
Cher Lewis ... property master
Kristina Lyne ... assistant art director
Murray McConaghy ... dresser
Chris A. Sharp ... assistant props master: second unit (as Chris Sharp) / first assistant props (as Christopher Sharp)
Lael Sleep ... on-set props / on-set props: second unit
Rob Smith ... foreman
Jamie Tardiff ... paint coordinator (as Jamie Tardif)
Scott Trewin ... dresser
Ross Walshe ... construction coordinator
Debbie R. Wilson ... assistant decorator (as Debbie Wilson)

Sound Department

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Howard Bargroff ... re-recording mixer
Ben Barker ... sound effects editor
Rick Bold ... boom operator
Paula Boram ... foley artist
Neil Collymore ... re-recording mixer (as Neil Colymore)
Steve Cook ... sound supervisor
Colin Cooper ... foley assistant
Frederic Gibert ... studio assistant
Diane Greaves ... foley artist (as Dianne Greaves)
Lee Herrick ... dialogue editor
Mark Heslop ... sound effects editor
Mark Holden ... sound mixer
Mystique Holloway ... sound assistant
Max Hoskins ... supervising sound editor
Dean Humphreys ... re-recording mixer
Carmen Lavender ... cableman (as Carmen Verin)
Colin Miller ... foley editor
Kath Pollard ... manager: digital studio media
Sebastian Salm ... sound mixer
Ted Swanscott ... foley mixer
Ellie Walker ... sound scheduler: post sound
Doug Andham ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Scott Cannizzaro ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Patrick Giraudi ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Jesse Hammer ... adr artist (uncredited)
Lisa Hannan ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Mark Kenna ... consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)
John Kohlbrenner ... sound editor (uncredited)
Bruce Nyznik ... supervising adr editor (uncredited)
Patrick Ramsey ... production sound mixer (uncredited)
Matt Rocker ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Reuben Simon ... supervising sound editor (uncredited)
Jussi Tegelman ... sound editor (uncredited)
Ben Wilkins ... sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Kevin J. Andruschak ... special effects assistant (as Kevin Andrewshak)
Dillon Armitage ... special effects best boy
James G. Fisher ... special effects coordinator (as James Fisher)
Mark Mentiply ... on-set special effects
Walter Shemley ... shop foreman (as Walter Shemly)

Visual Effects by

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Allan Arinduque ... character setup
Simon Arnold ... I/O department
Lyndon Barrois ... animation director (as Lyndon J. Barrois)
Bruce Brian Bassude ... I/O department
Mark Becker ... system administration
Andy Bennett ... I.T. / infrastructure
Jon Berridge ... flame artist
Katja Biermann ... visual effects production assistant
Steve Boag ... optical supervision: Cineimage
Sean Broughton ... digital effects supervisor
Martin Bullard ... optical supervision: Cineimage
Michael Carriere ... visual effects accountant
Alan Church ... visual effects producer
Romana Cisarová ... visual effects production supervisor (as Romana Cisarova)
Loraine Cooper ... digital artist
Simon Cross ... Fire editor: Cinesite Digital Film Center
JJ Davenport ... I/O department
Mira Djovcos ... junior digital artist
Roy Doberitz ... digital artist
Harriet Donnington ... bidding producer: Cinesite Digital Film Center
Chris Eborn ... I/O supervisor / technical supervisor
Andrew Francis ... senior VT operator: Cinesite Digital Film Center
Stuart Fyvie ... Spirit operator: Cinesite Digital Film Center
Simon Giles ... visual effects producer
Annemarie Griggs ... visual effects producer
Dave Gurney ... optical camera: Cineimage
Julian Gutteridge ... visual effects producer
Michael Hackl ... digital artist
Pete Hanson ... digital artist (as Peter Hanson)
Duncan Horn ... flame artist
Philip Huis in 't Veld ... flame artist (as Philip Huis In't Veld)
Emma Ibbetson ... visual effects producer
Jack James ... edit assistant: Cinesite Digital Film Center
Andrew Jeffery ... optical camera: Cineimage (as Andy Jeffery)
Juergen Jensch ... digital effects supervisor (as Jürgen Jensch)
Dennis Jones ... digital artist
Gert Kath ... digital effects management
Cathleen Klein ... digital artist
Gerd Kleinreesink ... system administration
Jennifer Küppers ... junior digital artist
Christopher Learmonth ... specter assistant: Cinesite Digital Film Center
James Leech ... digital artist
Grant Lindsay ... on-set visual effects coordinator
Jamie Lockheed ... digital artist
Kevin Long ... Flash animation
Alan Marques ... digital effects supervisor
Daniel Mayne ... digital artist trainee
Claire McGrane ... producer: Cinesite Digital Film Center
Neil Miller ... digital artist
Marius Mohnssen ... visual effects producer
Axel Mähler ... visual effects supervisor
Barbara Oeben ... digital effects management
Edith Olliport ... digital effects management
Matt Richardson ... I/O department
James Rorick ... on-set visual effects coordinator
Richard Scarlett ... digital artist
Oliver Schafer-Davies ... digital artist
Tina Schrader ... junior digital artist
Hartmut Schreiber ... system administration
Petra Schwane ... digital artist
Simone Simon-Mayne ... visual effects accountant
Anya Speakman ... digital artist
Juri Stanossek ... digital artist
Rainer Stolle ... digital artist
Jacques Stroweis ... visual effects supervisor
Raoul Teague ... flame artist
Elaine Essex Thompson ... digital effects producer (as Elaine Thompson)
Daren Timms ... Mac artist
Sylvia Topyla ... digital artist trainee
Robert Tucker ... digital artist
Nina Wels ... digital artist
Adina Wernstedt ... digital artist
Stephan Wild ... visual effects consultant
Peter Zim ... digital artist trainee
Kenneth Bailey ... visual effects: CVEFX (uncredited)
Scott Bogoniewski ... visual effects (uncredited)
Bill Brier ... visual effects editor (uncredited)
Justin Burdine ... visual effects (uncredited)
Craig Cannon ... matchmover: Creative Visual Effects (uncredited)
Greg Connell ... digital artist (uncredited)
Brian C. Davis ... visual effects (uncredited)
Youssef Delara ... visual effect coordinator: CVFX (uncredited)
Daniel Fazel ... digital artist (uncredited)
Joel Fletcher ... senior character animator (uncredited)
Andy Garcia ... digital lighter (uncredited)
Chris Holmes ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Meredith Hook ... paint and rotoscope artist: Creative Visual Effects (uncredited)
Joshua Jones ... character animator (uncredited)
Michael Kabella ... lead systems engineer (uncredited)
Scott Kravitz ... character animator (uncredited)
Mike Leben ... motion control operator (uncredited)
Letia Lewis ... lipsync animator (uncredited)
Rebecca Lilienfeld ... assistant visual effects editor (uncredited)
Steven Paul ... visual effects producer (uncredited)
Anthony Riazzi ... digital effects supervisor (uncredited)
Eliot Sirota ... digital artist: Creative Visual Effects (uncredited)
Philip Sisk ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Mitchell Allen Snary ... match move supervisor (uncredited)
Dan Trezise ... compositor: CVEFX (uncredited)
Ned Wilson ... systems administrator (uncredited)

Stunts

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Scott J. Ateah ... stunt coordinator (as Scott Ateah)
Curt Bonn ... stunt rigging coordinator
Mike Crestejo ... fight choreographer
Garvin Cross ... stunt player
Shishir Inocalla ... stunt player (as Shishir Innocalla)
Leslie McMichael ... stunt double: Ashley (as Leslie Spongberg)
Steven McMichael ... stunt double: Cage (as Steve McMichaels)
T.M. Sandulak ... stunt double: Edward
Darryl Scheelar ... stunt player
David Soo ... stunt double: Chin Li
Heath Stevenson ... stunt double: Simon Rex
Drew Thompson ... stunt player
Steve Thos ... stunt player (as Steve Thoss)
Luraina Undershute ... stunt double: Ashley
Owen Walstrom ... stunt player
Ed Anders ... stunts (uncredited)
Mike Desabrais ... stunt double: Jon Voight (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Steve Adcock ... director of photography: second unit
Bob Akester ... still photographer
Tim Atkins ... gaffer
Mike Bolan ... grip: second unit
Marc Brunelle ... lamp operator (as Mark Brunelle)
Terry Calhoun ... best boy: second unit (as Terrance Calhoun)
Paul Cunningham ... gaffer: second unit
Mike Dubé ... best boy (as Mike Dube)
Todd Fairbairn ... lamp operator
Douglas R. Field ... camera operator: "b" camera, second unit (as Doug Field)
Aris Georgiopoulos ... first assistant camera (as Aristidi Georgiopoulos)
Ryan Gillard ... second assistant camera: second unit
Gary Hornbeck ... lamp operator: second unit
Junichi Hosoi ... camera operator (as Jun Hosoi)
Kieran Humphries ... first assistant camera: second unit (as Kieran Humphrey)
Michael Iwan ... dolly grip (as Mike Iwan)
Stephen Jackson ... gaffer: second unit (as Steve Jackson)
James Kantola ... grip
Gene Keigher ... rigging grip
Regine Klein ... grip
John Lambert ... director of photography: second unit
Robert Little ... best boy: second unit (as Bob Little)
Nelson Martin ... generator operator: second unit
Álex Martínez ... second assistant camera (as Alex Martinez)
Shawn Milsted ... best boy: second unit (as Shawn Milstead)
Robert C. New ... director of photography: second unit (as Robert New)
Tara Nicholson ... second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit (as Tara Nicolson)
Paul Prince ... first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Douglas Pruss ... first assistant camera: second unit (as Doug Pruss)
Mike Sanchez ... playback / video assist
Eike Schroter ... still photographer (as Eike Schroeder)
Jennifer Sinclair ... second assistant camera: second unit
Brian Smith ... key grip
Jeff Smith ... lead hand grip: second unit
Andrew Spencer-Phillips ... best boy: second unit
John Spencer-Phillips ... key grip: second unit
Mark Spohr ... lamp operator
Rene Spooner ... rigging gaffer
Jay 'Sully' Sullivan ... grip (as Jason 'Sully' Sullivan)
Jeff Trebenski ... generator operator: second unit
Gordon VanHumbeck ... best boy (as Gordon Vanhumbeck)
Mark Weinhaupl ... camera trainee
Mike West ... dolly grip: second unit
Brian Whittred ... director of photography: second unit
Ed Willems ... lead man set up (as Ed W. Willems)
R. Brock Woodman ... grip: second unit (as Brock Woodman)
Kosto Zeviar ... generator operator
Junichi Hosoi ... steadicam operator (uncredited)

Animation Department

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Mauro Contaldi ... animator
Kevin Long ... flash animation
David Simmons ... senior character animator
Brian Smith ... animation tracker

Casting Department

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Judy Blair ... extras casting
Stephanie Boeke ... extras casting
Carol Kelsay ... casting: Canada (as Carol Kelsey)
Saori Yamamoto ... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Valerie Fawkes ... costumer: prep
Sharon Hume ... costume set supervisor: second unit
Corinne Mameli ... set costumer: second unit
Lou Rawlins ... assistant costume designer
Debra Torpe ... set supervisor
Maria Waterman ... costumer: second unit
Debbie Winston ... truck costumer

Location Management

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Janice Frome ... location manager
Tom Hoeverman ... assistant location manager
Lenore Nemani ... assistant location manager: second unit (as Lenore Novak) / trainee assistant locations
Dale Sims ... location key production assistant: second unit
Sarah Willard ... location production assistant: second unit

Music Department

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Peter Clarke ... music editor (as Pete Clarke)
Peter Breiner ... conductor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Lara Fox ... script supervisor: second unit
Christine Lalande ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Harley Ashwin ... driver
Brad Buskey ... driver
Grant Flack ... driver
Jim Forrest ... driver
Dennis Friesen ... driver
Terry Horkoff ... driver (as Terry Horcroft)
Mark Litke ... transportation co-captain
Gaetan Morin ... driver
Stephen Muller ... transportation captain (as Steve Muller)
Rod Patten ... transportation coordinator
Mark Pawlitsky ... driver
Ric Petrini ... driver
Gerry Stewart ... driver
Charlie Teeple ... driver
Ivan Vlahovic ... driver

Additional Crew

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Sheri Apap ... trainer: Cho Cho
Grant Asple ... assistant chef: second unit
David Bastock ... accounts payable clerk
Thomas Becker ... legal affairs: ApolloMedia
Bob Bedard ... chef: Shooting Stars II
Josef Brandmaier ... bank services
Carole Britton ... assistant production coordinator
Peter Camilleri ... assistant chef: Shooting Stars II
Dave Carlson ... chef: second unit
Melissa Crich ... production coordinator (as Melissa Barrie)
Matt Curtis ... title design: Cineimage
Birthe Danielsen ... assistant: Mr. Felscher
David Dant ... shortfall insurance: Filmvision P.L.I.
Irena Dargenio ... account paymaster
Marion Dodd ... electronic press kit
Lyne DuFort ... assistant: Mr. Clark (as Lyne Dufort)
Mark Dumas ... animal coordinator: Creative Animal Talent
Thorsten Felscher ... financial advisor: ApolloMedia
Christian Frohn ... assistant: Mr. Fantl
Jennifer Gibb-Carsley ... assistant: Ms. Milliken (as Jennifer Kraft)
Selena Ginger ... account clerk
Anne Gordon ... animal trainer
Heather Grant ... craft service: second unit / first aid: second unit
David W. Hamilton ... production insurance: Jones Brown (as David Hamilton)
Susan R. Hanson ... lead trainer: Cho Cho (as Susan Hanson)
Cheryl Harris ... animal coordinator: Silver Screen Animals
Paul Jasper ... animal trainer
Linda Kelly ... production accountant
Renate Lappe ... controller
Matt Lawford ... shortfall insurance: Filmvision P.L.I.
Margie Levers ... production controller
Samia Mainz ... assistant: Mr. Hübner
Sirish Malde ... auditor: Malde & Co
Cheryl Matthews ... child coordinator
Tracey Motherwell ... security captain
Abigail Payne ... legal affairs: Harbottle & Lewis
Debbie Pearl ... animal coordinator: Paws For Effects
Ginger Pottin ... assistant: Mr. Breiman
Ali Pounder ... second assistant coordinator
Rodolfo Scali ... craft service / first aid
Nadine Schäfer ... assistant legal affairs: ApolloMedia
Olaf Schäfer ... legal affairs
Ashish Shah ... auditor: Malde & Co
Cassandra Sigsgaard ... production coordinator: Silverlight Productions
Guin Solomon ... trainer: Cho Cho (as Guinevere Noland)
Reba Szabo ... craft service: second unit / first aid: second unit
Moe Tabrizi ... chef: second unit
Drew Thompson ... animal trainer
Brian Turi ... trainer: Cho Cho
Alison Wells ... publicist (as Allison Wells)
Jörg Westerkamp ... legal affairs: ApolloMedia
Robin Wimborne ... accountant: Silverlight Productions
Steve Woodley ... animal trainer
Grace MacLeod ... animal trainer (uncredited)
Connie Rusgen ... animal trainer (uncredited)
Darcy Woodley ... animal trainer (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

When LAPD computer expert Peter Fowler investigates the killing of an old man in Chinatown, he finds the only witness is his dog, Cho Cho. But Fowler soon discovers Cho Cho is the only dog in the world who can speak to humans... not only that, Cho Cho is an expert in martial arts. When they join forces to track down the mastermind behind the death of Cho Cho's master, it leads these unusual partners into uncovering a dangerous conspiracy which puts both of their lives in danger. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • Cho Cho (United States)
  • Unleashed (United States)
  • Karaté Dog (France)
  • Karate Dog (Spain)
  • Karate na cztery łapy (Poland)
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  • 84 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia The final film directed by Bob Clark. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! (2012). See more »
Soundtracks Chantily Lace See more »

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