Police Academy poster
Screenplay Pat Proft, Neal Israel, Hugh Wilson
Director Hugh Wilson

Police Academy

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

Release Date: 1984-03-22

Duration: 97 minutes

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!

Casting

  • Kim Cattrall
    Karen Thompson
  • Michael Winslow
    Larvell Jones
  • Steve Guttenberg
    Carey Mahoney
  • Gary Farmer
    Sidewalk Store Owner
  • John Hawkes
    Driver of Teskey Truck (uncredited)
  • David Graf
    Tackleberry
  • Bruce Mahler
    Doug Fackler
  • George Gaynes
    Commandant Lassard
  • Bubba Smith
    Moses Hightower
  • G.W. Bailey
    Lieutenant Harris