Film Pound Puppies

The story is a spoof of the 1963 film The Great Escape.

Pound Puppies
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Genre	Adventure Comedy
Based on	Pound Puppies by Tonka
Written by	Tom Ruegger
Directed by	Alan Zaslove Ray Patterson (supervising director)
Voices of	Dan Gilvezan Ron Palillo Alan Oppenheimer Gail Matthius Don Messick Adrienne Alexander Frank Welker Joanne Worley
Composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna Joseph Barbera Joe Taritero (co-executive producer) Patrick S. Feely (for Tonka Corporation)
Producers	Mitch Schauer For Tonka Corporation: Lois Hanrahan Ray McDonald (co-producer)
Editor	Gil Iverson
Running time	36 min.
Production companies	Hanna-Barbera Productions Tonka Corporation
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	October 26, 1985 (1985-10-26)

Characters in the special included the Fonzie-styled leader Cooler (voiced by Dan Gilvezan), the cheerleader Bright Eyes (voiced by Adrienne Alexander), and a dog with a very nasal like New York accent known only as "The Nose" (voiced by Joanne Worley), and the goofy inventor aptly named Howler (voiced by Frank Welker), who can only howl.

A female dog from a wealthy aristocratic family named Violet Vanderfeller is being pursued by dognappers when she is picked up and taken to the city pound. There, she meets the gang and discovers their mission to find homes for themselves. The film plot centers on Violet (whom Cooler insists on referring to as "Sam") attempting to reunite with her family, ultimately succeeding. Two other dogs appeared in the special. They were the upper-class snob Barkerville and the garbage-can-digging Scrounger.

The special was released on VHS in 1986 by Family Home Entertainment and is available on a DVD which comes with certain Pound Puppies toys.