good back-story, and good acting

Beautiful, moving film.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Eddie (Byron Mabe, "The Defilers") is a career criminal who's frustrated because he knows that human error can always derail otherwise well-planned heists. Then one night he witnesses some guard dogs in action, and is impressed by their intelligence and intimidation factor. Now he's got an ingenious plan: stage a bank robbery using Dobermans as the participants! He enlists the services of a veteran animal handler (Hal Reed, "The Zodiac Killer") soon to muster out of military service. Of course, the handler has more scruples than anybody else in the gang.At first, this viewer thought that this might make for pretty good, agreeably ridiculous family fare, but that's hampered somewhat by some violence and gore (and unpleasantness) near the end, not to mention the disagreeable attitude of Eddie, who's really a major league prick. The human cast deliver good performances; Julie Parrish ('Good Morning, World'), Simmy Bow ("Beetlejuice"), and JoJo D'Amore ("Alligator") round out the main cast. But it's the four legged cast members - given names like Pretty Boy Floyd, Dillinger, and Bonnie & Clyde - that win your hearts as they steal the loot.As with any heist movie, the story (concocted by Frank Ray Perilli ("Dracula's Dog") and Louis Garfinkle ("The Deer Hunter")) devotes much time to the intense preparation, and the viewer will marvel at the first-rate animal action, supervised by Karl Lewis Miller and Lou Schumacher, old hands at that sort of thing for many years. It's also noteworthy for being the earliest screen credit for the great film composer Alan Silvestri, who wrote the score (and songs) with Bradford Craig. Yes, this being a 70s flick, there is the standard inclusion of theme songs. But that ditty "Dog Honest Gang" is pretty catchy.Followed by three sequels.Seven out of 10.

"The doggonist gang that the world had ever seen..."At dinner one night, my father-in-law saw a Doberman on TV and asked if I had ever seen the movie where Dobermans rob a bank. I hadn't...but knew from that description alone that I had to track it down.It was released in 1972, directed by Byron Chudnow. Chudnow only directed four movies in his career...The Doberman Gang, The Daring Dobermans, The Amazing Dobermans, and Alex and the Doberman Gang. Pretty safe to say that this guy had an unhealthy obsession with these dogs. It stars TV journeyman actor Byron Mabe, Hal Reed and Julie Parrish, none of whom you've ever heard of.The story revolves around an ex-con named Eddie and his desire to rob a bank without the element of 'human error' once a bank job goes wrong. To do this, he and a dog trainer snag a pack of Dobermans and train them to rob a bank using whistles. Sound crazy? It is. It really is.The premise of this movie sounds a bit better than it actually is. What we actually get is about 10 minutes of set up, an hour of dog training, and a ten minute heist. A bunch of character decisions make no sense, none more than the fact that Eddie is about the least careful criminal one could be. He pulls a waitress that he's known for one night into the job because...well...sex, and when the dog trainer threatens to bolt, he basically lets him. He flat out deserves to get caught. At least the 70's music is 'groovy', featuring a song about the dogs that just classic(ly bad).I cannot recommend seeing The Doberman Gang. The only thing redeeming about this thing is the music and watching a bulldog try to run the doberman course.My final grade: D

I remember seeing this when I was just six years old and I really enjoyed it. This was probably one of the most outlandish films I ever saw, but it is still a great film to watch. Even though the budget was low and the acting is barely professional, it still was a great treat. Also, even though there are a few violent moments, especially when one of the dogs attacks the bank guard, it is still something that I wouldn't mind showing younger kids.

I really liked this film, I thought it was a good, fun romp and I liked the mix of light-hearted moments and the slightly grittier more exciting parts.I will admit that I also loved the two main songs in the film aswell -the theme tune and the romantic one, really enjoyed them, 70's or not! And of course there were lots of beautiful, precious doggies - who are (as others so rightly pointed out) the real stars of the film!, the main human leads were all solid but forgettable.Overall pretty good, and the ending is just perfect, see this fun film if you can.