Pound (1970)

Directed by

Robert Downey Sr.

Genre

fantasy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Animals wait in a pound for their turn to be put down. The animals are played by human actors.

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What happens

Pound is a 1970 American comedy film written and directed by Robert Downey Sr. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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