Pound is a 1970 film directed and written 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. It was the film debut of Robert Downey Jr., the director's 5-year-old son, as a puppy.
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
External links
- Pound on IMDb
- Pound at Turner Classic Movies
- POUND: Revisiting A Neglected Cult Classic
