<P> The similarly - plotted K - 9 (with James Belushi) was released three months earlier prior . A pilot for a Turner & Hooch television series, starring Tom Wilson and Beasley the Dog, was made and ran as a part of The Magical World of Disney . </P> <P> Touchstone Pictures acquired the screenplay for Turner & Hooch for one million dollars, which was the highest price ever paid by Touchstone for any script at the time . </P> <P> Scott Turner is a highly studious and obsessively well - ordered police investigator for the small Northern California town of Cypress Beach . Bored with the lack of serious crime with his current work, Scott is set to transfer to a much better position in Sacramento, leaving fellow investigator David Sutton to replace him . Scott shows David around in the three days left before his transfer, meeting with long time friend Amos Reed for a final time . The two investigators are then called to the discovery of $8,000 found at the local beach - an unusual discovery for such a quiet community . That same evening, Amos is murdered by an affiliate of local seafood magnate Walter Boyett when Amos reveals his suspicions of Boyett's operations . Scott is alerted to the crime the following morning, ultimately resulting in Scott hesitantly taking in Hooch, Amos' pet Dogue de Bordeaux . Scott immediately takes Hooch to the new town veterinarian Emily Carson . Scott pleads with Emily to take in Hooch as he has no experience of handling such an animal before . However, Emily insists that Hooch will be good for Scott, who lives alone . </P> <P> Immediately returning home however, Hooch's noisy, destructive nature clashes intensely with Scott's tightly - tuned routine and lifestyle . Scott leaves Hooch alone one night to buy dog food, only to return to a home that has been completely ransacked by Hooch unintentionally . Furious, Scott kicks Hooch out, only to return later with Emily's female dog, Camille . Seeing an opportunity to get rid of Hooch, Scott drives both Hooch and Camille back to the Veterinary clinic, only to be caught by Emily as he leaves . Emily invites Scott inside, and the two proceed to continue painting the house that Emily earlier abandoned for the night . Scott leaves later on and although he expresses his disinterest in taking things further with Emily, it becomes clear that the two are starting to like each other . </P>

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