Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Police Dog Story (1961)

A decent crime drama though as usual with these kinds of films homo sapiens is out acted by canis familiaris.

Rookie police man Edwards (James Brown) is selected for a new police dog handing department, unfortunately for him his dog is a rather boisterous Alsatian called Wolf. Despite early troubles Edwards and Wolf bond when man saves dog when he falls down a cliff. Edwards and Wolf become a formidable crime fighting duo. 

However, when Edwards gets mixed up with a crooked business owner and his old partner Bert (Barry Kelley), who is on the take, both Edwards' career and Wolf's life are in peril...

Apart from the addition of the dog, this is a fairly basic crime drama which is narrated by reporter Terry (Merry Anders), who is writing a feature on the new dog handling team and falls in love with Edwards. A decent if unexceptional film with rather dry dialogue and functional acting. Wolf is a good dog though for sure.