Pound (film)
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Pound | |
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Bud Smith | |
Music by | Charley Cuva |
Production company | Pound Company |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Pound is a 1970 American comedy film written and directed by
Off-Off Broadway play written by Downey in 1961. It is about several dogs, along with a Siamese cat and a penguin, at a pound, as they await being euthanised; the animals are played by human actors. The film is best known for marking the acting debut of Downey's son and namesake, then-5-year-old Robert Jr.
, as Puppy.
Cast
- Lawrence Wolf as Mexican Hairless
- Stan Gottlieb as Boxer
- Charles Dierkop as Airdale
- Elsie Downey as Mutt Bitch
- Carolyn Groves as Pedigreed
- Lucille Rogers as Old Pekingese
- Ching Yeh as Siamese Cat
- George Morgan as Irish Setter
- Don Calfa as Italian Terrier
- Antonio Fargas as Greyhound
- Chuck Green as Mutt
- Buddy Butler as Singing Water Spaniel
- Harry Rigby as Fowl
- Marshall Efron as Dachshund
- Eric Krupnik as Montana Sheepdog
- Eric Crawley as Baltimore Pointer
- Carolyn Cardwell as Keeper
- Joe Madden as Colonel
- James Green as Honky Killer
- L. Errol Jayeas Lt. Weintraub
- Mari-Claire Charba as Killer's Wife
- Robert Downey Jr. as Puppy (credited as Bob Downey)
- Carl Lee as Thief
See also
References
- ^ Dan Pavlides (2014). "Pound". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-03-09.
External links
- Pound at IMDb
- Pound at the TCM Movie Database
- POUND: Revisiting A Neglected Cult Classic