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| Directed by | Rod Daniel |
| Produced by | Lawrence Gordon Charles Gordon |
| Written by | Steven Siegel Scott Myers Lloyd Levin Donna Smith |
| Starring | James Belushi Rando Mel Harris |
| Music by | Miles Goodman |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Editing by | Lois Freeman-Fox |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) | April 28, 1989 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $43,247,647 |
K-9 is a 1989 American action comedy film starring James Belushi and Mel Harris. 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), both being direct-to-video.
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Belushi plays bad tempered San Diego 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.
"Jerry Lee", the German Shepherd Dog, is billed in the credits "as himself". The dog was actually named Rando,[1][2][3] who was found in Germany during an international star search to fill the role. Animal trainer and handler Karl Miller and his daughter Teresa trained Rando for the movie, teaching him a second language in the process.[4] In a 2002 interview, Belushi remembers that "Rondo [sic], who was the first Jerry Lee, was a prima donna: He was a good-looking dog with a close-up that the camera just loved, and he knew it. He was more moody, snotty even."[5]
The film had a mixed reception.[6]
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