Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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!
- trainer
- recruit
- shenanigan
- police academy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Steve Guttenberg
Carey Mahoney
Kim Cattrall
Karen Thompson
G.W. Bailey
Lieutenant Harris
Bubba Smith
Moses Hightower
- Donovan Scott — Leslie Barbara
- George Gaynes — Commandant Lassard
- Andrew Rubin — George Martin
- David Graf — Tackleberry
- Leslie Easterbrook — Sergeant Callahan
- Michael Winslow — Larvell Jones
- Debralee Scott — Mrs. Fackler
- Bruce Mahler — Doug Fackler
- Ted Ross — Captain Reed
- Scott Thomson — Chad Copeland
- Brant von Hoffman — Kyle Blankes
- Directed
- Hugh Wilson
- Written
- Pat Proft, Hugh Wilson, Neal Israel
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 3,079 ratings
- Studio
- The Ladd Company
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
