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Beethoven

Cast

Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones, Nicholle Tom View All

Crew

John Hughes (Writer), Brian Levant (Director), Amy Holden Jones (Writer) View All

Release: Apr. 3rd, 1992

Runtime: 1 hour, 27 minutes

The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.

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Rockatansky
It also helps that the dog is paired with Charles Grodin, who brings enough of that classic Grodin magic in playing off this dog.

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