The Karate Dog

The Karate Dog
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Written by	Steven Paul Gregory Poppen
Directed by	Bob Clark
Starring	Jon Voight Simon Rex Jaime Pressly Pat Morita Chevy Chase Nicollette Sheridan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Frank Hübner
Cinematography	Brian Pearson
Editor	Lenka Svab
Running time	84 minutes
Original release
Release	May 5, 2004 (2004-05-05)

The Karate Dog (simply Karate Dog on home video) is a 2004 American made-for-television crime comedy 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). He teams up with Peter to solve the killing of Chin Li, his old owner.
• Jon Voight as Hamilton Cage, the primary antagonist.
• Simon Rex as Det. Peter Fowler. He goes with Cho Cho to find out who killed Chin Li.
• Jaime Pressly as Ashley Wilkenson. She is a police officer who wants to be a detective, and she and Peter are attracted to each other.
• 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.

External links

• The Karate Dog at IMDb