Turner and Hooch
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| Directed by | Roger Spottiswoode |
| Produced by | Raymond Wagner |
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Dennis Shryack Michael Blodgett Daniel Petrie, Jr. Jim Cash Jack Epps, Jr. |
| Story by | Dennis Shryack Michael Blodgett Daniel Petrie, Jr. |
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| Music by | Charles Gross |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Edited by | Mark Conte Garth Craven Lois Freeman-Fox Ken Morrisey Paul Seydor |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $21 million |
| Box office | $71,079,915 (domestic) |
Turner & Hooch is a 1989 Metrocolor American detective comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog as the eponymous characters, Turner and Hooch respectively. The film also co-stars Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson and Reginald VelJohnson. It was directed by Roger Spottiswoode; the film was originally slated to be directed by Henry Winkler, but he was terminated because of his "creative differences". It was co-written by Michael Blodgett of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls fame.
K-9 (with James Belushi) was released prior to this film (exactly three months earlier), with both having a similar plot. A pilot for a Turner & Hooch TV series was made and ran as a part of The Magical World of Disney.
Touchstone Pictures acquired the screenplay for Turner & Hooch for one million dollars, which was the highest price ever paid by Touchstone for any script at the time.
Scott Turner (Tom Hanks), is a police investigator within the fictional town of Cypress Beach in Northern California whilst also being obsessively neat and routine. Bored with the lack of serious crime with his current work, Scott is set to transfer to a much better position in Sacramento, leaving fellow investigator David Sutton (Reginald VelJohnson) to replace him. Scott shows David around in the three days left before his transfer, meeting with long time friend Amos Reed (John McIntire) for a final time. The two investigators are then called to the discovery of $8,000 found at the local beach - an unusual discovery for such a quiet town. That same evening, Amos is murdered by an affiliate of Walter Boyett (J. C. Quinn) when Amos reveals his suspicions of Boyett's operations. Scott is alerted to the crime the following morning, ultimately resulting in Scott hesitantly taking in Hooch, Amos' pet Dogue de Bordeaux. Scott immediately takes Hooch to the new town veterinarian Emily Carson (Mare Winningham). Scott pleads with Emily to take in Hooch as he has no experience of handling such an animal before. However, Emily insists that Hooch will be good for Scott, whom lives alone.
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