An evil dog named Carface Carruthers returns from the dead looking for revenge on his killer using a cute young orphan girl named Anne-Marie who can talk and understand to animals. At first Charlie means to exploit Anne-Marie's gift too, but soon comes to learn he will have to change his ways if he is to earn his place in Heaven again. Charlie and Anne-Marie begin to become friends, but Anne-Marie's strong sense of what is right conflicts with Charlie's complete lack of moral standards and puts their friendship at risk. Worse, Charlie's quest for revenge threatens his own life as well as the lives of his friends Anne-Marie and Itchy.

When the heavenly whippet looks in Charlie's records, his mother and father are named "Loni" and "Burt", and look like canine versions of Loni Anderson and Burt Reynolds (who were together at the time.)

Charlie:
These are some of the poorest people I know. They're more broke than the Ten Commandments.

[laughs]


Charlie:
That was a little joke. Very little.

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Itchy repeats the line "402 Maple" after Flo, his mouth doesn't move when he says it.

(MAIN TITLE SONG)
Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn and Michael Lloyd
Performed by Irene Cara and Freddie Jackson
Produced by Michael Lloyd and David Franco (executive)
Freddie Jackson's performance courtesy of Capitol Records