THE ODDEST COUPLE EVER UNLEASHED!

California police detective Scott Turner (Tom Hanks) is suddenly saddled with a big, boisterous dog who’s the only witness to a murder.

If you happen to like Hanks and if you’re also a dog person, chances are that you might have a weak spot for this comedy; a lot of people did when it premiered.

The filmmakers do the best they can with the charisma between Hanks’s neat cop and the wild, slobbering Hooch. But Turner’s romance with a veterinarian is about as uninspired as the murder case.

1989-U.S. 99 min. Color. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. Screenplay: Dennis Shryack, Michael Blodgett, Daniel Petrie, Jr., Jim Cash, Jack Epps, Jr. Cast: Tom Hanks (Scott Turner), Mare Winningham (Emily Carson), Craig T. Nelson (Howard Hyde), Reginald VelJohnson, Scott Paulin, J.C. Quinn. 

Trivia: Henry Winkler was originally set to direct the film. Later a TV series, Turner & Hooch (2021).