Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
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Director Michael Winner Music director Neal Hefti Language English | 4.4/10 Genre Comedy Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer Arnold Schulman , Cy Howard Release date May 26, 1976 Screenplay Arnold Schulman, Cy Howard Cast Bruce Dern (Grayson Potchuck), Madeline Kahn (Estie Del Ruth), Art Carney (J.J. Fromberg), Phil Silvers (Murray Fromberg), Teri Garr (Fluffy Peters), Ron Leibman (Rudy Montague)Similar movies John Wick , Birdman , Shiloh , Saving Shiloh , Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season , Back to the Future Tagline Introducing the dog who launched 1000 stars |
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood is a 1976 film directed by Michael Winner, and stars Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr and Art Carney. Spoofing the craze surrounding Rin Tin Tin, the film is notable for the large number of cameo appearances by actors and actresses from Hollywood's golden age. Some of these actors/actresses have in their own right been employees of the film's distributor, Paramount Pictures.
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Cast
Starring
Larger cameos
Brief Cameo appearances
Production
The film was originally called Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Warner Bros. It was based on the career of Rin Tin Tin. The story was written by Cy Howard in 1971. He hired Arnold Schulmann to write the script. It was developed by David Picker at Warner Bros. He took the script with him when he moved to Paramount, causing the title to be changed. Filming started in August 1975.
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