
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!Status: | Released (1984-03-22) |
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Awards: | 1 win & 1 nomination total |
BoxOffice: | $81,198,894 |
Screen: | Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Hugh Wilson |
Productions: | The Ladd Company, Warner Bros. Pictures |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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Casts
- 26472: Steve Guttenberg - Carey Mahoney
- 2109: Kim Cattrall - Karen Thompson
- 27237: G.W. Bailey - Lieutenant Harris
- 57349: Bubba Smith - Moses Hightower
- 57350: Donovan Scott - Leslie Barbara
- 57351: George Gaynes - Commandant Lassard
- 57352: Andrew Rubin - George Martin
Crews
- 28904: Hugh Wilson - Director - Directing
- 57359: Neal Israel - Screenplay - Writing
- 12991: Pat Proft - Screenplay - Writing
- 28904: Hugh Wilson - Screenplay - Writing
- 33096: Paul Maslansky - Producer - Production
- 43393: Robert Folk - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 57360: Michael D. Margulies - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
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**A comedy landmark.** I have no doubt that this film inaugurates what was one of the comic franchises that most marked the 80s and 90s. I remember that, until the dawn of the new century, films from this franchise were a regular presence on TV channels, and they still make routin ....
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<em>'Police Academy'</em> 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 eff ....
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