K-9 (film)

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K-9
K-9 Promotional Movie Poster
Directed by	Rod Daniel
Produced by	Lawrence Gordon Charles Gordon
Written by	Steven Siegel Scott Myers Lloyd Levin Donna Smith
Starring	James Belushi Mel Harris
Music by	Miles Goodman
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Editing by	Lois Freeman-Fox
Distributed by	Universal City Studios
Release date(s)	April 28, 1989
Running time	102 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Followed by	K-911 (1999) K-9: P.I. (2002)
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K-9 is a 1989 motion picture comedy starring James Belushi and Mel Harris.

[edit] Plot

Belushi plays "maverick" police detective Michael Dooley, who has been tagged for execution by a major international drug dealer (Lyman, played by Kevin Tighe). To help, a so-called "friend" (Brannigan, played by Ed O'Neill) gives Dooley a police dog, "Jerry Lee," trained to sniff drugs. The two attempt to put Lyman in prison, but Dooley soon learns that Jerry Lee is a mischievous smart-alec who works only when he wants to. Many of the movie's gags revolve around Jerry Lee's playfully destructive episodes.

The German Shepherd Dog "Jerry Lee" was played by Koton, a real-life police dog from the Kansas City, Missouri police department. In 1991, Koton was shot and killed while trying to apprehend a suspect in the murder of a police officer. Ten days before his death, Koton found ten kilos of cocaine worth more than $US 1.2 million.^{[citation needed]}

K-9 was directed by Rod Daniel and written by Steven Siegel and Scott Myers. It was produced by Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon, and released by Universal City Studios. It has two sequels, K-911 (1999) and K-9: P.I. (2002).