Details

Release year: 1989

Storyline

A detective must adopt a rambunctious dog in order to help him find a killer.

Top credits

Directors

Roger Spottiswoode

Writers

Cast

Tom Hanks — Det. Scott Turner
Mare Winningham — Dr. Emily Carson
Craig T. Nelson — Chief Howard Hyde
Reginald VelJohnson — David Sutton

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Did you know

• Hooch is a Dogue de Bordeaux, one of the most ancient French breeds.

• The scene where Hooch dies was the final scene filmed between Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog, Hanks did a great deal of bonding with Beasley and used the fact that he'll never see him again to get himself to cry.

• An alternate ending was filmed in which Hooch survives. Both endings were tested with different audiences. The endings scored the same. But the original ending provoked a passionate emotional response from the audience while the alternate ending elicited a quietly positive response. Disney production chief Jeffrey Katzenberg decided to use the original ending because that is what the filmmakers wanted.