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Bookmark this pageDogpound Shuffle (1974)
Director: Jeffery Bloom
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
In Vancouver, rasping Irish bum (Moody) loses his little old terrier Spot, and can't fork up the thirty dollars to get the mutt out of the dog-pound, but eventually raises the money in a rather enchanting way. Despite this gooey storyline, the movie has a good bit of guts, and the director/producer/writer shows a nice talent for wittily depicting life's seamier side: there's a brief moment in a rock-bottom café where Moody digs into a cesspit masquerading as a bowl of soup, and a hearty off-screen cougher turns out to be the cook; scenes in the dog-pound bristle with well-modulated violence and general unpleasantness. Moody's acting is agreeably restrained, as is the dog's.Author: GB
Cast & crew
Director: Jeffery Bloom
Producer: Jeffery Bloom
Cast: Ron Moody, David Soul, Pamela McMyler, Ray Stricklyn, Raymond Sutton, Robert Ruth full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 97 mins
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