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Released March 22nd, 1984, 'Police Academy' stars Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a user score of 67 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 2,624 experienced users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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!"
'Police Academy' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Vudu, Apple iTunes, and Google Play Movies .
'Police Academy' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on March 22nd, 1984
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October 1st, 1997
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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 new film is scheduled for production for 2014. 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.
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