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22/03/1984 Comedy, Crime 1h 37m
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The new police recruits. Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. Just don't call them when you're in trouble.

Overview

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!

  1. Hugh Wilson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Steve Guttenberg

    Carey Mahoney

  2. Kim Cattrall

    Karen Thompson

  3. G.W. Bailey

    Lieutenant Harris

  4. Bubba Smith

    Moses Hightower

  5. Donovan Scott

    Leslie Barbara

  6. George Gaynes

    Commandant Lassard

  7. Andrew Rubin

    George Martin

  8. David Graf

    Tackleberry

  9. Leslie Easterbrook

    Sergeant Callahan

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Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2025-03-23
'Police Academy' is proper lacklustre. I didn't find any of it amusing, even so I can usually see why a film may actually work for others - not here. Given I've heard of this franchise, I assume folk enjoy these so I am a tad surprised. To me, it's just all a rather limp effort.

The characters have one joke associated to them (e.g. tall man, quiet woman, wannabe war guy etc.) and it's just repeated numerous times throughout the movie; it doesn't get any funnier. How many times do they play the theme song, btw? It is catchy to be fair, but damn.

Michael Winslow is the only plus t...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,500,000.00

Revenue
$81,198,894.00

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