Spot Marks the X is a 1986 American crime comedy television film that starred Mike the Dog (from Down and Out in Beverly Hills) as Capone/Astro, Barret Oliver (from The Neverending Story, Frankenweenie, D.A.R.Y.L, and Cocoon) as Ken, and Natalie Gregory (from Alice in Wonderland (1985 version), Oliver & Company, and Cranium Command) as Kathy, who, unlike her role as Alice in the aforementioned 1985 version, is seen with her real hair in this movie, which is brunette.
According to the book How I Broke Into Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches, director Mark Rosman was about to begin work on this movie in early 1985, shortly after finishing up The Blue Yonder.
In addition, Rosman has also directed episodes of two Disney Channel Original Series' in Even Stevens and Lizzie McGuire.
Following a bank robbery, three men are in a car (Beevis, Vic Dunlop; Elvis, Jerry Wasserman; and the gang's leader Doc Ross, David Huddleston) trying to evade the cops.
The men and the dog then get out of the car, and bury the money, but not before Ross gets apprehended by the police, who also take Capone into their care.
Capone's cage breaks and he wanders out, and gets found by a janitor who places him into the standard adoption kennels.
Kathy then reminds Ken of when his parents came over for dinner one time, and that everyone was talking about a bank robbery three months ago.
Ken and Kathy then go to a local library, and upon doing some research through a microfilm reader, they find out that the guys in the forest made the headlines, and that they allegedly stole $250,000.
Beevis, with the help of Elvis, makes it over the fence, but is hit in the stomach by a ball from Neal's batting machine.
They make it back home and try to hide the money, and tell the parents about Astro, when the Dog Catcher suddenly comes in.
Ross then orders the kids to hand over the bags of money when suddenly, Astro jumps over and attacks him.
Ross is suddenly surrounded by cops, and the kids and the Dog on both sides of the bridge, just as Ken's parents come looking for him.
The movie ends with the kids reading the newspaper about the recent arrests, as they sit along with Astro in Stanley Park, who they are able to keep after all.
The Dog then runs to the totem poles, encouraging the kids to follow his lead, as the movie ends.
It was also released in France as Capone Chien Gangster, and in Germany as Ein toller Hund.