How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

2002•1h 47m•5.9/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

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5.9/10(58)

The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production failures. He finds himself bonding with a new neighbor's lonely young daughter who has mild cerebral palsy; and during one of his middle-of-the-night strolls, he encounters his oddball doppelgänger.

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EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Peter McGowan

Robin Wright

Robin Wright

Melanie McGowan

Suzi Hofrichter

Amy Walsh

Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Redgrave

Edna

Jared Harris

Jared Harris

False Peter

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

Larry

David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz

Brian Sellars

Johnathon Schaech

Johnathon Schaech

Adam

Kaitlin Hopkins

Kaitlin Hopkins

Victoria

Suzy Joachim

Suzy Joachim

Allana

Brett Rickaby

Brett Rickaby

Janitor

Lucinda Jenney

Lucinda Jenney

Trina Walsh

Derek Kellock

Amy's Father

Stacy Hogue

Babysitter

Peri Gilpin

Peri Gilpin

Debra Salhany

Tamala Jones

Tamala Jones

Laura Leeton

Benita Ha

Benita Ha

Female Anchor

Mark Brandon

Mark Brandon

Male Anchor

Doug Abrahams

Doug Abrahams

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