K-9
Meet the two toughest cops in town. One's just a little smarter than the other!
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.
- Director
- Rod Daniel
- Signature
- Tension · Action · Craft
- Worldwide
- $78M
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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...
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Box Office & Release
K-9 returned 4.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $17M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $78M
- Release date
- Apr 28, 1989
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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