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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

5.819461h 10mMovieActionAdventureComedy

A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag of bones. Thus begins a merry chase in which a newspaper reporter, a drunken policeman and a hand-painted necktie help locate the missing witness in a criminal investigation.

DirectorHerbert I. Leeds
WriterEugene Ling

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Cast · Directed by Herbert I. Leeds

CLCarole Landis
Carole Landis
Julia Andrews
AJAllyn Joslyn
Allyn Joslyn
Henry Barton
MWMargo Woode
Margo Woode
Olive Stone
HMHarry Morgan
Harry Morgan
Gus Rivers
RHReed Hadley
Reed Hadley
Mike Valentine
JWJean Wallace
Jean Wallace
Bess Williams
RRRoy Roberts
Roy Roberts
"Mitch" Mitchell
JIJohn Ireland
John Ireland
Benny Smith
WBWhit Bissell
Whit Bissell
Chester Frye (uncredited)
TDTom Dugan
Tom Dugan
Cab Driver (uncredited)

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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around August 19, 1946. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.