The Karate Dog

The Karate Dog
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Directed by	Bob Clark
Produced by	Frank Hübner
Written by	Steven Paul Gregory Poppen
Starring	Jon Voight Simon Rex Jaime Pressly Pat Morita Chevy Chase Nicollette Sheridan
Cinematography	Brian Pearson
Editing by	Lenka Svab
Distributed by	Screen Media
Release date(s)	May 5, 2004 (2004-05-05)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States Germany
Language	English

The Karate Dog (simply Karate Dog on home video) is a 2004 made for TV film, directed by Bob Clark and produced by Frank Hübner. It stars Chevy Chase (as the voice of Cho Cho), Simon Rex, Jon Voight, and Jaime Pressly. Nicollette Sheridan and Pat Morita also make appearances.

Plot

A talking dog named Cho Cho teams up with a police detective named Peter Fowler to solve the murder of his owner Chin Li.

Cast

• Chevy Chase as Cho-Cho (voice), the main protagonist. He teams up with Peter to solve the killing of Chin Li, his old owner.
• Jon Voight as Hamilton Cage, the primary villain of the film.
• Simon Rex as Det. Peter Fowler, the deuteragonist. He goes with Cho Cho to find out who killed Chin Li.
• Jaime Pressly as Ashley Wilkenson, the tritagonist. She is Peter's girlfriend.
• Pat Morita as Chin Li
• Thomas Kretschmann as Gerber
• Nicollette Sheridan as White Cat (voice)
• Lori Petty as COLAR (voice)
• Ron Lester as Edward Cage
• Garry Chalk as Brunelli
• Dagmar Midcap as TV Reporter

Production

Filming

The Karate Dog was filmed in Los Angeles, California (in the United States) and in Vancouver, British Columbia (in Canada).

Release

The Karate Dog originally aired on ABC Family on Monday, May 29, 2006 at 7:00 PM Eastern / 6:00 PM Central.

Reception

The film received negative reviews.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• TV Trailer for Karate Dog on YouTube
• The Karate Dog at the Internet Movie Database