Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood

• Director: Michael Winner
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Animal Picture, Family-Oriented Comedy
• Themes: Ladder to the Top, Big Break
• Main Cast: Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney, Phil Silvers, Ron Leibman
• Release Year: 1976
• Country: US
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

This spoof makes fun of a certain famous German shepherd movie star from the 1920s. The mayhem begins when the head honcho of a financially struggling studio turns a lost dog into a legend. The story features a number of old stars making cameo appearances. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Bruce Dern - Grayson Potchuck
• Madeline Kahn - Estie Del Ruth
• Art Carney - J.J. Fromberg
• Phil Silvers - Murray Fromberg
• Ron Leibman - Rudy Montague

Teri Garr - Fluffy Peters; Augustus Von Schumacher - Won Ton Ton; Robert Alda - Richard Entwhistle; Army Archerd - Premiere M.C.; Edward Ashley - 2nd Butler; Billy Barty - Assistant Director; William Benedict - Man on bus; Edgar Bergen - Prof. Quicksand; Jack Bernardi - Fluffy's escort; Janet Blair - President's Girl 3; Joan Blondell - Landlady; James Brodhead - Priest; John Carradine - Drunk; Jack Carter - Male Journalist; Cyd Charisse - President's Girl 4; Jane Connell - Waitress; Jackie Coogan - Stagehand I; Broderick Crawford - Special Effects Man; Dennis Day - Singing Telegraph man; Yvonne De Carlo - Cleaning woman; Gloria de Haven - President's Girl I; William Demarest - Studio Gatekeeper; Andy Devine - Priest in dog pound; Alice Faye - Secretary at gate; Fritz Feld - Rudy's Butler; Stepin Fetchit - Dancing Butler; Rhonda Fleming - Rhoda Flaming; Eddie Foy, Jr. - Custard Pie Star; Zsa Zsa Gabor - Premiere Female Star; Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez - Mexican Projectionist; Shecky Green - Tourist; Dorothy Gulliver - Old woman on bus; Huntz Hall - Moving Man; Dick Haymes - James Crawford; Sterling Holloway - Old man on bus; Jack LaRue - Silent film villain; Dorothy Lamour - Visiting Film Star; Peter Lawford - Slapstick star; Phil Leeds - Dog catcher; Keye Luke - Cook in Kitchen; Guy Madison - Star at Screening; Victor Mature - Nick; Virginia Mayo - Miss Battley; Mike Mazurki - Studio Guard; Ethel Merman - Hedda Parsons; Kres Mersky - Girl in Arab film; Ann Miller - President's Girl; Eli Mintz - Tailor; Ricardo Montalban - Silent film star; Dennis Morgan - Tour Guide; Patricia Morison - Star at Screening; Carmel Myers - Woman Journalist; Barbara Nichols - Nick's Girl; Cliff Norton - Dog Catcher; Louis Nye - Radio Interviewer; Walter Pidgeon - Grayson's butler; Aldo Ray - Stubby Stebbins; Harry Ritz - Cleaning Woman; Jimmy Ritz - Cleaning Woman; Ann Rutherford - Grayson's studio secretary; Dean Stockwell - Paul Lavell; Regis Toomey - Burlesque Stagehand; Rudy Vallee - Autograph Hound; Romo Vincent - Short order cook; Doodles Weaver - Man in Mexican Film; Jesse White - Rudy's agent; Henny Youngman - Manny Farber; Morey Amsterdam - Custard Pie Star; Milton Berle - Blind man; Rory Calhoun - Philip Hart; Tab Hunter - David Hamilton; George Jessel - Awards Announcer; Fernando Lamas - Premiere Male Star; Ken Murray - Souvenir Salesman; Nancy Walker - Mrs. Fromberg; Henry Wilcoxon - Silent film director; Eddie LeVeque - Prostitute's Customer; Ronny Graham - Mark Bennett; Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. - Stagehand 2; Won Ton Ton

Credit

Ward Preston - Art Director, Charles Okun - First Assistant Director, Michael Winner - Director, Bernard Gribble - Editor, Neal Hefti - Composer (Music Score), Philip Rhodes - Makeup, Richard H. Kline - Cinematographer, David V. Picker - Producer, Arnold Schulman - Producer, Michael Winner - Producer, Ned Parsons - Set Designer, Hugh Strain - Sound/Sound Designer, Bob Post - Sound/Sound Designer, Cy Howard - Screenwriter, Arnold Schulman - Screenwriter

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