Police Academy
1984 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 6.7 · 50% critics
After new rules open police training to anyone, a chaotic mix of unlikely recruits floods the academy, frustrating strict instructors. One reluctant cadet joins to avoid jail and keeps clashing with a hard-nosed trainer, but the experience starts to change their attitude as the misfits struggle to make it through.
Also known as Police Academy 1: What an Institution
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Details
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-03-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 50/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (2,999 votes)
- Box office
- $149,800,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a broad, rowdy 1980s comedy with a big cast of oddballs and plenty of adult jokes; Not for you if you dislike crude, dated gags or repetitive character bits like in Bachelor Party.
Pros: memorable misfit characters; goofy, good-natured fun; catchy theme song | Cons: hit-or-miss jokes; crude, dated humor; thin story
Themes
- trainer
- recruit
- shenanigan
- police academy
Cast & crew
Steve Guttenberg
as Carey Mahoney
Kim Cattrall
as Karen Thompson
G.W. Bailey
as Lieutenant Harris
Bubba Smith
as Moses Hightower
Donovan Scott
as Leslie Barbara
George Gaynes
as Commandant Lassard
Andrew Rubin
as George Martin
David Graf
as Tackleberry
Leslie Easterbrook
as Sergeant Callahan
Michael Winslow
as Larvell Jones
Directed by Hugh Wilson