"We say that nobody has ever done a movie like this because it's from the dog's point of view," Camp said. To celebrate Benji's upcoming 50-year anniversary, McKinney unveiled a sculpture of Benji ...

On November 18, 2001, a famed movie producer walked into a shelter and was transfixed by a raggedy, abandoned mutt that had been picked up wandering alone on the streets of Pass Christian, Miss.

Movies 'Off the Leash' a slightly different breed of Benji film. ... Off the Leash!," a rambling boy-and-his-dog tale that mixes doggie high jinks and human slapstick with more serious themes.

Higgins came out of retirement for his own movie in 1974, Benji, which began a franchise he never got to enjoy. The beloved dog died in 1975 at age 17, a month shy of his 18th birthday. Best in News ...

Benji was played by Higgins, a mixed-breed dog from a Burbank, California, animal shelter, who launched his acting career on “Petticoat Junction.” ...

Joe Camp, the writer, director and producer who taught that old dog Hollywood new tricks about animal movies as the creative force behind the 1974 franchise-spawning Benji, has died. He was 84.

Netflix is hoping to learn some new tricks from an old dog. Canine movie star Benji is ready for his close-up on Netflix - Los Angeles Times The family film hit of the 1970s and '80s is out to ...

Benji was played by Higgins, a mixed-breed dog from a Burbank, California, animal shelter, who launched his acting career on “Petticoat Junction.” ...

Joe Camp, the writer, director and producer who taught that old dog Hollywood new tricks about animal movies as the creative force behind the 1974 franchise-spawning Benji, has died.He was 84.