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Ellie Raab | ... |
The Girl
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| Tito Larriva | ... |
Cissy
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Tripoli | ... |
The Dog
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| Richard Edson | ... |
Goon
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| Vincent Guastaferro | ... |
Goon
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| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... |
Georgie
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Lisa Ziegler | ... |
Georgie's Wife
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R. Ruddell Weatherwax | ... |
The Dog's Handler
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Gene LeBell | ... |
Pit Bull Handler
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Robert Stitzel | ... |
Rancher
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Robert Rigamonti | ... |
Department Store Clerk
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John Duda | ... |
Alan
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Mik One | ... |
Bartender
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Sidney Chankin | ... |
Motel Owner
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John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a courier for, father and daughter leave the dog and flee cross-country to Los Angeles with both canine and mobsters in pursuit. Written by Rodney Esperanza <[email protected]>
Not a "great" movie, but nice if you're a dog-lover. The title was "The Tender" in the TV listing for UPN. I had to dig to find it in imdb, looking for movies with John Travolta and Ellie Raab together. In retrospect, the eyes of the dog were the eyes of the angel, as the dog came to the rescue more than once. Lots of good shots of the dog's eyes.