Pound (film)

Pound
Directed by	Robert Downey Sr.
Written by	Robert Downey Sr.
Starring	Charles Dierkop Don Calfa Antonio Fargas Chuck Green Marshall Efron
Cinematography	Gerald Cotts
Edited by	Bud Smith
Music by	Charley Cuva
Production company	Pound Company
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	August 12, 1970 (1970-8-12)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Pound is a 1970 American comedy film written and directed by Robert Downey Sr. ^[1] It was based on The Comeuppance, an Off-Off Broadway play written by Downey in 1961. It is about several dogs, along with a Siamese cat and a penguin, at a pound, as they await being euthanised; the animals are played by human actors. The film is best known for marking the acting debut of Downey's son and namesake, then-5-year-old Robert Jr., as Puppy. ^[2]

Cast

• Lawrence Wolf as Mexican Hairless
• Stan Gottlieb as Boxer
• Charles Dierkop as Airdale
• Elsie Downey as Mutt Bitch
• Carolyn Groves as Pedigreed
• Lucille Rogers as Old Pekingese
• Ching Yeh as Siamese Cat
• George Morgan as Irish Setter
• Don Calfa as Italian Terrier
• Antonio Fargas as Greyhound
• Chuck Green as Mutt
• Buddy Butler as Singing Water Spaniel
• Harry Rigby as Fowl
• Marshall Efron as Dachshund
• Eric Krupnik as Montana Sheepdog
• Eric Crawley as Baltimore Pointer
• Carolyn Cardwell as Keeper
• Joe Madden as Colonel
• James Green as Honky Killer
• L. Errol Jaye as Lt. Weintraub
• Mari-Claire Charba as Killer's Wife
• Robert Downey Jr. as Puppy
• Carl Lee as Thief

See also

• List of American films of 1970

References

1. Dan Pavlides (2014). "Pound". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2014-03-09.
2. Rothman, Lily (July 1, 2014). "Robert Downey Jr.'s First-Ever Movie Appearance Was Pretty Absurd". Time . Retrieved December 2, 2024.

External links

• Pound at IMDb  
• Pound at the TCM Movie Database
• POUND: Revisiting A Neglected Cult Classic