TOP DOG (1995)

MORGAN'S RATING

Tough-guy cop Jake Wilder gets teamed up with a canine partner to catch a group of terrorists and save the world. Guess which one's the brains of the outfit.

Chuck Norris (Jake Wilder), Michele Lamar Richards (Savannah Boyette), Erik von Detten (Matthew Swanson), Carmine Caridi (Lou Swanson), Clyde Kusatsu (Capt. Callahan), Kai Wulff (Otto Dietrich), Peter Savard Moore (Karl Koller), Timothy Bottoms (Nelson Houseman), Francesco Quinn (Mark Curtains), Herta Ware (Jake's Mother), John Kerry (Cmdr. West), Hank Baumert (Border Patrol Officer), Linda Castro (Paramedic), John Sistrunk (Driver at Border), Bob Bastanchury (Passenger), Kent Rizley (Immigration Officer), Eric Norris, Tony Ferrandini (Border Patrol Officers), Karalee Austin (Callahan's Wife), Jack Banning (Hot Dog Vendor), Jim Ingham (Jelly Roll Detective), Bill Dunham (Interrogating Detective), Michaelangelo Kowalski (Sleazy Man), Ron Johnson, Tom Steinmetz, Barbara Savage, Eileen Bowman (Detectives), Carey Scott (Charlie), Noah Michael Levine (Young Officer), Fred Bailey (TV Repairman), Dean Raphael Ferrandini (K9 Officer), Bill Brinsfield (Harbormaster), Greg Brenson (Passenger, voice)

THEY'RE LICENCED FOR ACTION!

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Aaron Norris (Hellbound). WRITERS: Aaron Norris, Tim Grayem and Ron Swanson. PRODUCER: Andy Howard. CO-PRODUCER: Don Behrns. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Tom Steinmetz and Seth Willenson. SUPERVISING PROUCER: Jackie Dadon. ORIGINAL MUSIC: George S. Clinton. DISTRIBUTOR: LIVE Entertainment.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"It would be easier to get a great performance from an HOV dummy than from the increasingly creaky kickmeister Chuck Norris, who is readily out-acted by his canine co-star...uncanny, yes. Funny, not one bit." -- Rita Kempley, Washington Post

FACTS

RELEASE DATE: April 28th, 1995 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $2.1 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $5.0 million (USA)