A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
Shepherd Sanders
- Hood #6
- (as Shep Saunders)
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- TriviaAccording to Elliott Gould, he and co-star Robert Mitchum would share a sandwich (and a joint) every day at lunch.
- GoofsWhen Bernie confronts Kathleen outside her apartment, one dog (the bloodhound) follows her up the steps when she goes back inside. In the next shot, it is back down at the bottom of the steps with Bernie.
- Quotes
[regarding Bernie taking baby kangaroo 'Junior' to the gym]
Kathleen Smith: Bernie, it's inhuman to do that to a baby kangaroo! It's inhuman!
Bernie Bonnelli: Has anyone ever told you that you're always repeating yourself? This is no ordinary kangaroo... Junior's different. Remember who his father was.
- SoundtracksWhen I'm with You, I'm Feelin' Good
Music by Carol Connors
Lyrics by Ernie Shelton
Sung by Pat Boone & Debby Boone
Record Produced by Mike Curb
Featured review
Dreadful attempt at a kiddie flick.
Extremely bad, deservedly one of the biggest financial disasters of the decade. There was little potential in a supposed feel-good kiddie movie about a boxing kangaroo trying to beat the human world champion, but it didn't have to be this bad. For instance, they could have trained a real kangaroo instead of using a ham actor in a cheap, heavy, molting kangaroo suit that bears no resemblance to an animal, even with the animatronic facial expressions. And if you've ever wondered why Elliot Gould's career tanked in the late seventies, this is a big reason. He tries to make up for the bad kangaroo by hamming it up and desperately trying to be cute. And they didn't have to have such an annoying, sexist romance subplot either.
Incredibly bad, but not enjoyably bad like an Ed Wood film. For serious Bad Film buffs only.
Incredibly bad, but not enjoyably bad like an Ed Wood film. For serious Bad Film buffs only.
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- Jul 22, 1999
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