Turner & Hooch Page #2

Synopsis: Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it's going to avoid being "put to sleep".
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Roger Spottiswoode
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
54%
PG
Year:
1989
97 min
1,048 Views


- She can't have any.

- Stop!

Well, I'm confiscating it,

and if you do get it,

you have to use it for college.

It's the law.

- See?

- We have some forms you're gonna

need to fill out, Mrs Harper.

Yes. Stop that!

[Foghorn Blows]

[Boyett] She wanted a formal

church wedding, and I said fine.

Suddenly, it's two grand

for a wedding dress,

reception with a full bar for 400,

and I'm gonna end up

pickin' up the tab for the honeymoon.

They're talkin' Bora Bora.

[Laughs]

There he is now.

Didn't you want to talk to him?

Yeah. Ferraday!

Want to talk to you.

Ferraday, I'm talkin' to you!

Right there!

What's the hurry?

[Screams]

[Moaning]

[Barking]

[Amos]

Hooch! Be quiet.

- [Ferraday Groaning]

- For Christ's sake.

You know, I feel like an ass.

I mean, I take you in, I give you

my trust, and what do you do?

- You take the food off my kid's plate.

- [Whimpering]

[Gasping] It was there.

L-I just lost my head.

It won't happen again,

Mr Boyett.

[Screaming]

Deal with it.

[Barking Continues]

- Hi, there.

- [Gasps] You get out of here.

- You back off!

- I hope I didn't disturb you.

You know, I realize we were making

sort of a racket over there.

In fact, l-I saw your light come on

over here, I realized I woke you up,

and I thought I'd better come over

and make sure everything's all right.

Well, you just mind your own business.

This is private property.

Okay, but you know what?

I'm thinking if we disturbed you,

I ought to compensate you a little bit,

just to make up for any inconvenience...

I don't want any of your money.

I've been watching you.

I've been seeing

what you're doing over there.

Hey, wait a minute. I can assure you,

we're doing nothing wrong over there.

- You get the hell off my dock!

- Don't!

No, don't you shove me.

You understand?

I'm gonna introduce you to my dog.

[Stifled Screaming]

[Growls]

- [Growling]

- Jesus.

[Whimpering]

[Howling]

[Phone Ringing]

[Sighs] Hello. Yeah.

Yeah, I am now.

Uh, I'Il-I'll be right there.

[Men Chattering]

- Yo.

- Really? Turn around.

The dog was guardin' the body.

They had to wrestle him inside.

- Ah, d-d-did you talk to anybody?

- Nobody heard or saw anything.

Seafood workers spotted the body.

- You ever investigate a murder before?

- Are you kiddin'?

- I moved here

to get away from murder scenes.

- Well, everybody's watchin',

so let's look like

we've done this before.

[Hooch Barking]

[Barking Continues]

[Coughs, Chokes]

All right.

I got five rolls of film.

Burn it up.

- [Man] Great, it's those jerks

from the Sheriff's Department.

- [Siren Blaring]

Hi, guys.

- [Siren Approaching]

- Hello there, ladies.

We'II, uh, call you

if we need any help, Turner.

Foster and McCabe. Glad to see you.

I need coffee, with cream.

- Do you take sugar?

- Two sugars.

- Two sugars.

- That's cute.

Look, in the spirit of cooperation,

I'd love it if you guys would get

the hell out of here. Is that okay?

The pier is our jurisdiction, guys.

Yeah, but the entire county's the

Sheriff's jurisdiction. You know that.

[Foster]

This is police work, not a lost bicycle.

- [Barking Continues]

- Excuse me.

What is this, a joke?

Come on, every little speck of dirt

is not evidence.

What are you going to do, Turner?

Put the entire pier in a little baggie?

- What is that for?

- To preserve what's ever

underneath the fingernails.

[Scoffs] For what? He was stabbed

in the back, for cryin' out loud.

[Turner] You can never anticipate

what evidence is going to be important.

- You gather it now, analyse it later.

- Right.

[Foster]

Did you read that in a book?

Yeah. Yeah.

I did read that in a book.

It was a great big blue book,

but I think you woulda liked it.

It had a lot of pictures!

- [All Talking]

- Hey, wait a second.

We're all upset here.

Why don't we just cooperate?

We all get our jobs done.

Hey, we'd just like to examine the body.

Before it decomposes, you know.

- [Barking Continues]

- Aw... [Sighs]

Just gimme a minute with my guys,

would ya, please?

- Not a problem.

- Thanks.

Tell ya, Scott, we're gonna have to turn

this over to the Sheriff's Department.

Why? Why?

They couldn't find shoes in a shoe box.

Well, you're leavin' town in a few days,

David doesn't have enough experience...

- to handle a murder investigation...

- [Turner] Oh, yeah, but wait.

I don't have to be in Sacramento

for a whole other week.

I was going to take a vacation.

I'll just... I'll just cancel it.

I'll just canc...

- We can handle this.

David's a very good learner.

- Turner's a hell of a teacher.

What's the point of having investigators

on your police force...

if all we get to investigate

is stolen mailboxes?

Come on. Howard, I got another

pay cheque coming. Let me earn it.

We can handle this.

We won't let you down.

We deserve a shot at it!

All right, just do the best job you

can with the time you got. All right?

- All right.

- All right.

- [Chief] All right.

What do we got?

[Chief] Okay. Well, we're willing

to share the lab reports with you,

and we'll let you examine any evidence

that we gather. Fair enough?

- [McCabe] Oh, no. Not fair.

- [Foster] Not fair.

[Chief]

Sounds fair enough to me.

[Chattering]

Oh, excuse me. Are you goin' in there

with just these things?

We do this for a living.

Stay out of the way.

[Barking]

Take this stuff. Make sure that

these are all eight by ten glossies.

[Shouting, Clattering]

- [Male Officer] Cut it out!

- [Female Officer] Why? Get goin'.

[Female Officer]

Get out of the way! Wait!

- [Snarling]

- [Male Officer] I got him!

[Snarling, Barking,

Indistinct Shouting]

[Female Officer]

Turn it around. Whoa, whoa, whoa!

[Male Officer]

Pull, pull, pull!

- Get him around. Easy, easy, easy!

- Here he is! Here he is!

Oh, my God!

Whoa!

Back him up.

Bad dog!

[Screams]

[Female Officer] Good boy, good boy.

Come on, this way. Over here, boy.

Whoa! Oh! Oh!

- Oh! Whoa! Slow down, boy.

- [Sniffing]

[Whining, Barking]

This... This dog's nuts.

- We're gonna have to shoot him.

- Hey, you're not gonna shoot this dog.

He's the closest thing

we have to a witness.

Oh, yeah? You think

you can handle him?

You're nuts.

Where are you goin'?

He just responds poorly to anger,

that's all.

- Uh, David!

- What?

David, bring the car around.

Up as close as you can. Open up the back

doors and leave the engine running.

Hey, there, Hooch.

Hey, you s...

You saw the whole thing, didn't ya?

- [Snarls]

- Yeah, well, Amos is gone now, so, uh...

You don't have a lot of options.

Okay? You are either gonna work

with me, or they're gonna shoot you.

Come on. What I'm gonna do is,

I'm gonna try...

I'm go... I'm gonna try

to make you a little more...

a little more comfortable, huh?

[Grunting]

Oh, don't you just want to

think about it? [Panting]

Huh? Huh? Here. Here. Here.

Watch. Watch. Watch.

Uh, how do you do this?

[Grunting]

Let me just... make ya a little...

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Dennis Shryack

Dennis Shryack (August 25, 1936 – September 14, 2016) was an American screenwriter whose credits included The Gauntlet in 1977, Code of Silence (1985), starring Chuck Norris, and Turner & Hooch (1989), which stars Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog. Shryack also co-wrote the screenplay for Pale Rider in 1985, directed by Clint Eastwood, which became the highest grossing Western film of the 1980s, taking in the $41 million (the equivalent of nearly $92 million in 2016). Shryack often collaborated on screenplays with other writers, including penning seven films with Michael Butler, as well as partnerships with Michael Blodgett on Turner & Hooch and Run in 1991. more…

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