Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw

Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pierre DeCelles
Written by	Jim Carlson Terrence McDonnell
Based on	Pound Puppies by Tonka
Produced by	Donald Kushner Peter Locke
Starring	Brennan Howard B. J. Ward Nancy Cartwright Tony Longo
Edited by	John Blizek
Music by	Richard Kosinski Sam Winans Bill Reichenbach Jr. Ashley Hall Bob Mann
Production companies	Family Home Entertainment Atlantic/Kushner-Locke The Maltese Companies Cuckoo's Nest Studio Wang Film Productions Tonka
Distributed by	Carolco Pictures TriStar Pictures
Release date	March 18, 1988 (1988-03-18)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million[1]
Box office	$586,938[2]

Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw is a 1988 American animated musical adventure film based on the Tonka toy line and the Hanna-Barbera television series of the same name, which aired around the same time.^[3] It was directed by Pierre DeCelles, and stars the voices of Brennan Howard, B.J. Ward and Tony Longo. This was the only animated feature film produced by Carolco Pictures as well as the first animated film distributed by TriStar Pictures.

The Legend of Big Paw was the final theatrically released animated feature from the late 1980s to promote a major toy line, a common trend in the American cartoon industry of the time. The film received negative reviews from critics and audiences alike and was a major box office bomb, grossing only $586,938 against a $6 million budget.