Rover Dangerfield

Rover Dangerfield (1991)

The dog who gets no respect

Rover, a street-smart dog owned by a Las Vegas showgirl is dumped off Hoover Dam by the showgirl's boyfriend. Rather than drowning, Rover winds up in your basic idyllic farm in a classic city-boy-in-country shtick.

Date of release
1991-07-01
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (82)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Animation, Family, Comedy
Director
James L. George, Bob Seeley

Casting

Interesting facts

Rover Dangerfield is a 1991 American animated musical comedy film starring the voice talent of comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who also wrote the screenplay and story and co-produced the film. It revolves around the eponymous character, a canine facsimile of Dangerfield owned by a Las Vegas showgirl, who gets dumped off the Hoover Dam and finds himself living on a farm. Critical reception was unfavorable, although its animation received minor praise.

Production

Conceived in the late 1980s, the film was the brainchild of Rodney Dangerfield, and planned at the time for a December 1988 release. It was originally planned as an R-rated animated film, in the vein of Ralph Bakshi's films, but Warner Bros. Pictures wanted the film's content to be toned down to a G-rating.

The film was preceded in theaters by a re-issue of the 1958 Merrie Melodies short Robin Hood Daffy. A newly produced Looney Tunes short, (Blooper) Bunny, was originally intended to accompany Rover Dangerfield in its theatrical release, but that short was shelved due to what Warners considered irreverent satirical content (some of it aimed at the studio).

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