Turner & Hooch is an American movie that was released in 1989 . It starred Tom Hanks as Detective Turner and Beasley the Dog as Hooch . Turner & Hooch has been referred to in various films and television shows , including the ABC medical sitcom Scrubs , in which main characters J.D. and Turk modify shift schedules so that Doctors Turner and Hooch are teamed up as a surgical team in the episode `` My Faith in Humanity '' ( Doctor Turner was played by Jim Hanks , Tom Hanks ' brother ) .