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Police Academy

United States of America

R
1984-03-22(US)
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Comedy,
Crime
▪ 1h-37m

67^%

User
Score

Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. Just don't call them when you're in trouble.

Overview

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!

Robert FolkOriginal Music Composer
Michael D. MarguliesDirector of Photography
Zach StaenbergEditor
Neal IsraelScreenplay
Hugh WilsonScreenplay
Pat ProftScreenplay

Top Billed Cast

Steve Guttenberg

Carey Mahoney

Kim Cattrall

Karen Thompson

G.W. Bailey

Lieutenant Harris

Bubba Smith

Moses Hightower

Donovan Scott

Leslie Barbara

George Gaynes

Commandant Lassard

Andrew Rubin

George Martin

David Graf

Tackleberry

Leslie Easterbrook

Sergeant Callahan

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

7.0

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2022-09-20

**A comedy landmark.** I have no doubt that this film inaugurates what was one of the comic franchises that most marked the 80s and 90s. I remember that, until the dawn of the new century, films from this franchise were a regular presence on TV channels, and they still make routine appearances on movie or comedy cha...

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