Product Description

A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75065 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-04-19
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 64 minutes

Review
In this patriotic film, a good-hearted boy donates his best friend to the Dogs for Defense, an government organization that trained household dogs for the military during WW II. Following training, the canine recruit is assigned to keep a defense plant safe from saboteurs. Coincidentally, the boy's boozy father also works at the plant. The father redeems himself, and the dog becomes a hero when they team up to stop the enemy from blowing up the factory. --Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

From the Actor
War Dogs (Monogram Production), S. Roy Luby - director of unforgettable Westerns (Rogue of the Range, Lawless Land, The Range Busters and others) made a specific effort to help an unusual war effort launched in 1942. War Dogs affirms the then current recruiting of dogs for the protection of Army bases and military establishments. The concept was then a novel one, though such enlisted dogs went on to render outstanding service in Korea, Vietnam, desert Storm, Afghanistan and Iraq. Compassionately scripted by Ande Lamb, War Dogs cleared a lot of misunderstanding attached to this project. It was not meant as a commercial feature film - nevertheless, with a simple yet touching storyline and characters in situations that war-beleaguered Americans could immediately identify with, War Dogs achieved considerable box office success.

THE PLOT: Young Billy Freeman (Billy Lee) is caught trying to pilfer from the till of the store he works for. An Delinquency Court inquiry by Judge Roger Davis (Bradley Page) and attractive Welfare representative Joan Allen (Kay Linaker) uncovers some disturbing facts - that Billy stole to bail his dog Pal out of the Dog Pound, and that his father William Freeman (Addison Richards) - whom Billy hero worships - is a single, frustrated and now alcoholic Army veteran. The Judge and Joan Allen, who are romantically involved with each other, begin taking a personal interest in this dysfunctional family. Responding to Billy’s and William’s desire to have at least one Freeman in the Armed Services, the Judge and Joan facilitate the dog Pal’s enlistment into the Army’s Dogs for Defense program. Pal undergoes rigorous training in anti-sabotage, combat and disarming techniques and emerges as Billy and William’s pride and joy.

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Customer Reviews

Lassie Does World War II
The problem with most war movies is that they are all the same.

Hollywood started the "war film formula" after World War I and up to and including Saving Private Ryan, it all seems to never change.

You always start out with a bunch of guys with different unique personality traits. They have a difficult task in front of them. Sometimes it's taking a hill, other times they have to save a prisoner or else they simply have to survive until help arrives.

No matter what the goal, it's all just an excuse to have a few of the cast members die, have one or two of them emerage as heros and to put a lot of flashing lights and explosions on the screen.

That's why I like War Dogs. Say what you will about it - it takes the War movie in a unique direction that I have not seen before or since.

The basic plot is similar to any and all Lassie episodes you have ever seen. A nice wholesome family has a dog that seems to be much smarter than he ever could be in real life.

Then something bad happens and the dog has to save the day - which he does in the last few minutes of the story.

In this case, the dog isn't in the midwest helping Timmy get saved from the bottom of the well. Instead, he's trained to go along and fight with the troops.

Does he save the day and help lead the boys to victory?

Of course he does. What makes it interesting is the implication that the dog is as smart - as the brave boys that he saves from certain death.

It just goes to show that often one of the best ways to save a dying, tired genre of movie is just to put in a new twist and/or combine it with another movie genre.

It works well in this picture.

Doggy Power!
War Dogs is a great story about soldiers doing whatever they can to survive war. In this case when faced with the dangers of World War II they eventually enlist dogs to help them out. This is where the title's double meaning comes from - soldiers are called war dogs and then they bring dogs in for war. Clever, huh? The highlight of the film is the tense battle sequences that are much more realistic than other films of this genre and era.

this beautiful film from A2ZCDS.com all the more real for me
"Truly touching, what the dog Pal does for this poor family. I understand that this could well be a real story, since War Dogs was filmed for some kind of Army project that really existed. I loved Billy Lee and Pal the most - my own son is inseparable from his Doberman Mackie, and that made this beautiful film from A2ZCDS.com all the more real for me."