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Police Academy (1984)

Movie"Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. Just don't call them when you're in trouble."
Audience Score
67
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R 1 hr 37 minMar 22nd, 1984Comedy, CrimePolice Academy Collection PosterPart of Police Academy Collection
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!
StarringSteve GuttenbergKim CattrallG.W. Bailey
DirectorHugh Wilson

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 22nd, 1984
On DVD & Blu-ray:October 1st, 1997 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$4,500,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$81,198,894 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Alan Ladd Jr., Gareth Wigan
Production Companies:The Ladd Company, Warner Bros. Pictures
Police Academy on the Web:Official Website, Facebook
Movie Tags:
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Police Academy Collection

Police Academy is a series of American comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, Mission to Moscow, was released in 1994. The series opened with Police Academy (1984) which started with the premise that a new mayor had announced a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits. The movie followed a group of misfit recruits in their attempts to prove themselves capable of being police officers. The main character, Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), was a repeat offender who was forced to join the police academy as punishment.