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Turner & Hooch

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Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Produced by Raymond Wagner
Screenplay by Dennis Shryack, Michael Blodgett, Daniel Petrie Jr., Jim Cash, and Jack Epps Jr. Story by Dennis Shryack and Michael Blodgett
With: Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Reginald VelJohnson, Scott Paulin, and Jim Beaver
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Editing: Garth Craven, Paul Seydor, Mark Conte, Lois Freeman-Fox, and Ken Morrisey
Music: Charles Gross
Runtime: 97 min
Release Date: 28 July 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Buddy-cop movie where one buddy is a dog. Hanks plays a fussy, straitlaced detective who must babysit a stinky, slobbering mutt who witnessed a murder. Hanks and Mare Winningham make this terrible premise, watchable; but the slow-mo dog drool is too much for me.