The Pooch and the Pauper
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Directed by	Alex Zamm
Written by	Mark Steilen Bennett Yellin
Produced by	Ronald E. Frazier
Starring	Richard Karn Fred Willard Vincent Schiavelli Cody Jones Peter MacNicol (Voice) Daryl Mitchell (Voice) George Wendt
Cinematography	Albert J. Dunk
Edited by	Jimmy Hill
Music by	Chris Hajian
Production companies	Sandollar Television Walt Disney Television
Distributed by	ABC Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release date	December 19, 2000 (2000-12-19)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Pooch and the Pauper is a 2000 American television film, starring Richard Karn, Fred Willard, Vincent Schiavelli, Peter MacNicol, Daryl Mitchell and George Wendt.^[1] It was directed by Alex Zamm.^[1] The off-screen names of the two starring dogs in the film are Screamer and Petey.^[1]

Plot

The film is an adaptation of the Mark Twain classic 1881 novel, The Prince and the Pauper. But now the story is set in the present time and have dogs as the protagonists. Liberty, "The First Dog" and Moocher, a street dog, have their lives turned upside down when they change places by mistake.

Cast

• Richard Karn as Agent Dainville
• Fred Willard as The President
• Vincent Schiavelli as Willy Wishbow
• Cody Jones as Nate
• Carolyn Dunn as Mary
• Laura Press as Margaret Caldwell
• Peter MacNicol as Liberty (Voice)
• Daryl Mitchell as Moocher (Voice)
• George Wendt as Sheldon Sparks

Reception

Robert Pardi from TV Guide gave the film two out of four, concluding: "Anyone who believes our four-legged friends can manipulate human behavior will enjoy this mongrel diversion that combines moral lessons with frisky comedy."^[2]