K-9

K-9 is a 1989 motion picture comedy starring James Belushi and Mel Harris. The movie 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). Belushi plays bad tempered San Diego police detective Michael Dooley, who has been tagged for execution by a major international drug dealer (... more

K-9 is a 1989 motion picture comedy starring James Belushi and Mel Harris. The movie 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). 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. The plot of this movie is extremely similar to that of Turner and Hooch, which was released three months later. The success of that movie may be in part to K-9 being... less