Movie
Police Academy
The new police recruits. Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. Just don't call them when you're in trouble.
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!
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Police Academy opened in theaters March 22, 1984. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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!
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More about Police Academy
Cast
Steve GuttenbergCarey Mahoney
Kim CattrallKaren Thompson
G.W. BaileyLieutenant Harris
Bubba SmithMoses Hightower
Donovan ScottLeslie Barbara
George GaynesCommandant Lassard
Andrew RubinGeorge Martin
David GrafTackleberryCredits
- Directed by
- Hugh Wilson
- Written by
- Pat Proft, Hugh Wilson, Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Neal Israel
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Police Academy Collection
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $81.2M
Production
The Ladd CompanyUnited States