Public safety takes a turn for the worse in this hit comedy, which spawned a long-running franchise. As a crime wave sweeps through a major city, the mayor decides that part of the problem may stem from overly restrictive qualifications for police officers, so she opens the door of the city's Police ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 1984 | Running Time: 96 minutes
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When the critically disliked audience favorite Police Academy hit theaters, no one expected it to kick off a flimsy franchise that would go on for so long it would become an infamous mockery of the very idea of sequels, in the same league as the Friday the 13th movies. Featuring a motley bunch of one-note character actors, though not yet future mainstay Bobcat Goldthwait, Police Academy managed to spin sophomoric gold from the misfits' underdog attempts at surviving training and their sadistic ...more
- Steve Guttenberg - Carey Mahoney
- G.W. Bailey - Lieutenant Harris
- George Gaynes - Commandant Lassard
- Michael Winslow - Larvell Jones
- Kim Cattrall - Karen Thompson
- Beth Amos - Old Lady
- Gene Mack - Thug
- Gino Marrocco - Arresting Cop
- Michael J. Reynolds - Office Executive
- George R. Robertson - Chief Hurnst
- David Clement - Officer
- Marco Bianco - Tough
- Jim Bearden - Driver
- Joyce Gordon - Mrs. Thompson
- Hugh Wilson - Director
- Paul Maslansky - Producer
- Hugh Wilson - Screenwriter
- Pat Proft - Screenwriter
- Neal Israel - Screenwriter
- Christopher Ryan - Costume Designer
- Michael Zenon - First Assistant Director
- Robert Brown - Editor
- Zach Staenberg - Editor
- Robert Folk - Composer (Music Score)
- Trevor Williams - Production Designer
- Michael D. Margulies - Cinematographer
- James Margellos - Production Manager
- Steve Shewchuk - Set Designer











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