How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

107 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 22, 2002

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.

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

107 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 22, 2002

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers
Original title How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
Directors Michael Kalesniko
Writers Michael Kalesniko

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

as Peter McGowan

Robin Wright

as Melanie McGowan

Suzi Hofrichter

as Amy Walsh

Lynn Redgrave

as Edna

Jared Harris

as False Peter

Peter Riegert

as Larry

David Krumholtz

as Brian Sellars

Kaitlin Hopkins

as Victoria

Suzy Joachim

as Allana

Brett Rickaby

as Janitor

Lucinda Jenney

as Trina Walsh

Derek Kellock

as Amy's Father

Stacy Hogue

as Babysitter

Peri Gilpin

as Debra Salhany

Tamala Jones

as Laura Leeton

Benita Ha

as Female Anchor

Mark Brandon

as Male Anchor

Doug Abrahams

as Cop #5 - Detective