A detective must adopt a rambunctious dog in order to help him find a killer. Tom Hanks leads. Roger Spottiswoode directs from the script by Dennis Shryack & Michael Blodgett; Co-Screenplay by Daniel Petrie, Jr. and Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr. [the former was also the executive producer]. Produced by Raymond Wagner. Music by Charles Gross. a Raymond Wagner production for Touchstone Pictures, with Silver Screen Partners IV. Filmed in Los Angeles from January 23 - April 28, 1989. Approved [#29890]/rated PG.