Oh Heavenly Dog

1980
PG
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

2.8K

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A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.

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A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.

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5.4/10

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Trivia
When Benjamin Browning reaches Heaven, he is sent back to Earth as a dog by a man named Mr. Higgins. Higgins was the original name of the dog (1957-1975) who later became Benjean. In this movie, the dog is played by Benjean, the daughter of the original Benjean.

Goofs
After it's established that Alister Becket's birthday is March third, Benji remarks that it is six months passed (or six months away). Earlier, however, when scouting the scene of the crime, he looks at the desk calendar and sees that it's mid-October, so really Becket's birthday was less than five months ago or away.

Quotes
Browning: Are you in organized crime?
Bart: I'm in Parliament.
Browning: Six of one.

Crazy credits
After nearly all of the end titles have passed, "WOOF!" appears on the screen as the final title.

Connections
Featured in Benji at Work (1980)

Soundtracks
Return to Paradise
written by Elton John and Gary Osborne
performed by Elton John & Gary Osborne (as Cary Osborn)

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Featured review

7/10

One of my favorite movies

This is one of the best things that Chevy was ever involved in. Although ninety five percent of his participation was only his voice, as he was killed off early in the movie, I thought that the movie was good, solid entertainment. Almost without exception, I've always seen the film badly panned by most critics and movie reviews, but I was really pleased to see that most folks who took the time to comment on IMDb were highly complimentary and reaffirmed that I was not wrong on this one. Maybe you just need to have a bit of imagination and a real love of animals, particularly dogs, to get all there is out of the movie. See it, enjoy it and then comment. Don't let poor reviewers keep you from the fun!