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Police Academy

19841h 37mComedy · Crime
directed by Hugh Wilson

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

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Synopsis

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!

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
Michael Winslow·Larvell Jones