In 1939 New Orleans, Charlie B. Barkin and his best friend Itchy Itchiford escape from the dog pound and return to their casino riverboat on the bayou, formerly run by Charlie himself and his business partner, Carface Caruthers. Refusing to share the profits with Charlie, Carface had been responsible for Charlie and Itchy getting committed to the pound and persuades Charlie to leave town with half of the casino's earnings. Charlie agrees, but is later intoxicated and killed by a car pushed downhill by Carface and his assistant, Killer. Charlie is sent to Heaven by default despite not having done any good deeds in his life; a whippet angel explains to him that because dogs are inherently good and loyal, all dogs go to Heaven and are entitled to paradise. Charlie cheats death by stealing a gold pocket watch representing his life and winding it back. As Charlie descends back to Earth, the whippet angel tells him that he can never return to Heaven; when the watch stops again, he will be sent to Hell instead. However, as long as the watch continues to run, Charlie will be immortal.
MPAA Rating: | G |
Genre: | Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Drama, Family, Comedy |
Country: | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States |
Produced By: | Gary Goldman, George Walker, John Pomeroy, Don Bluth, Morris F. Sullivan |
Directed By: | Dan Kuenster, Gary Goldman, Don Bluth |
Written By: | Gary Goldman, David N. Weiss, Monica Parker, John Pomeroy, Don Bluth, Guy Shulman, Linda Miller, David J. Steinberg, Larry Leker, Ken Cromar |
Cast: | Dan Molina, Thomas Durkin, David N. Weiss, Dana Rifkin, Dick Zondag, Earleen Carey, Jay Stevens, Ken Page, Burt Reynolds, Judith Barsi, T. Daniel Hofstedt, Rob Fuller, Loni Anderson, Daryl Gilley, Kelly Briley, Mark Swan, Dom DeLuise, Candy Devine, Melba Moore, Dan Kuenster, Anna Manahan, Nigel Pegram, Charles Nelson Reilly, Cyndi Cozzo, Godfrey Quigley, Vic Tayback |
In Theaters: | Nov 17, 1989 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 24 minutes |
Production: | Goldcrest Films International, Sullivan Bluth Studios |
Budget: | $13,800,000 |
Box Office: | $27,100,027 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |