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Date: 1988 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Alan Myerson
Synopsis: The Police Academy's ambitious, scheming and unpopular Captain Harris attempts to unseat the dim-witted but good-hearted and popular Commander Lassard by revealing a mandatory retirement clause applicable to a man of Lassard's age. Lassard's last act is before retiring is to address a Miami police convention where he is to be awarded an award for the decade's best police commander. The loyal graduates follow him there, to support him, only to uncover more crime as a jewel thief accidentally switches bags with Lassard at the airport.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Police, Theft, Conventions, Awards, Retirement
Date: 1988 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Alan Myerson
Synopsis: The Police Academy's ambitious, scheming and unpopular Captain Harris attempts to unseat the dim-witted but good-hearted and popular Commander Lassard by revealing a mandatory retirement clause applicable to a man of Lassard's age. Lassard's last act is before retiring is to address a Miami police convention where he is to be awarded an award for the decade's best police commander. The loyal graduates follow him there, to support him, only to uncover more crime as a jewel thief accidentally switches bags with Lassard at the airport.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Police, Theft, Conventions, Awards, Retirement
Credits
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Production Company: Warner Bros., Co-producer: Donald West, Unit Production Manager: Chuck Rowley, Production Co-ordinator: Jill Szymanski, 2nd Unit Director: Ricou Browning, Assistant Director: Bill Baker, Assistant Director: Marty Ewing, Assistant Director: Carla Brand Breitner, Assistant Director: Jodi Ehrlich, Assistant Director: Cary Gordon, Assistant Director: David Kahler, 2nd unit assistant director: Chuck Rowley, Casting: Fern Champion, Casting: Pamela Basker, Florida casting: Casting Directors, Dee Miller, Screenplay: Stephen J. Curwick, Screenplay: Hubert C. de La Bouillerie, Original characters: Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Director of Photography: James Pergola, 2nd Unit Photographer: Jerry G. Callaway, Camera Operator: Don Reddy, Camera Operator: Smalling Sr. Bill, 2nd unit camera operator: Jeff Simon, Randy Towers, Special Effects: Roy Downey, Special Effects: Wayne Beauchamp, Special Effects: Robert Cooper, Model maker (shark): Kenneth Wheatley, Model maker (alligator): Generic Effects Studio, Production Designer: Trevor Williams, Set Decorator: Don Ivey, Scenic Artist: José Duarte, Costume Supervisor: Robert Musco, Costumer: Jai Galati, Costumer: Cheryl Johnson, Esther Robinson, 2nd unit set wardrobe: Ellen Dyer, Makeup artist: Marie Del Russo, 2nd unit makeup artist: Beth Lambert, Titles and opticals: Pacific Title, Music: Robert Folk, Additional orchestration: Stephen James Taylor, Music Editor: Doug Lackey, Source music editor: Steve Tyrrell, Source music editor: Ashley Hall, Source music editor: Barry Coffing, Source music editor: Bob Mann, Bill Reichenbach, Sound Recording: Howard Warren, Sound Re-recording: Richard Weaver, Sound Re-recording: Allen Stone, Sound Re-recording: Michael Jiron, Supervising Sound Editor: Gordon Daniel, Sound Editor: Greg Dillon, Sound Editor: Denis Dutton, Sound Editor: David Hawkins, Sound Editor: Gilbert Marchant, Stunt Co-ordinator: Gary Hymes, Stunts: Jay Amor, Stunts: Tom Bahr, Stunts: Sharron K. Bailey, Stunts: Mindy Branston, Stunts: Alonzo Brown Sr., Stunts: Courtney Brown, Stunts: Kelly Browning, Stunts: Bud Davis, Stunts: Joseph R. Del Campo, Stunts: Mike DeLuna, Stunts: Eddie Edenfield, Stunts: Alex Edlin, Stunts: Arthur Edwards, Stunts: Gary Epper, Stunts: Bobby Foxworth, Stunts: Mike Gonzalez, Stunts: Steve Holladay, Stunts: Gary Hymes, Stunts: Tracy Lyn Keehn, Stunts: Rick Lefevour, Stunts: Artie Malesci, Stunts: Cindy Malesci, Stunts: Gary R. McLarty, Stunts: John Mclaughlin, Stunts: Jeff Moldovan, Stunts: David Monk, Stunts: Joseph C. Ness, Stunts: Ronald Oliney, Stunts: Billy Orsini, Stunts: Candi Orsini, Stunts: Carol Rees, Stunts: J.N. Roberts, Stunts: Wink Roberts, Stunts: Danny Rogers, Stunts: Sharon Schaffer, Stunts: Mel Scott, Stunts: Troy Shirley, Stunts: Fred M. Waugh, Stunts: Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon, Weapons supervisor: Mike Kennedy, Debbie Kennedy
Cast
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Bubba Smith (Hightower), David Graf (Tackleberry), Michael Winslow (Jones), Leslie Easterbrook (Callahan), Marion Ramsey (Hooks), Janet Jones (Kate Stratton), Lance Kinsey (Proctor), Matt McCoy (Nick), G.W. Bailey (captain Harris), George Gaynes (commandant Lassard), René Auberjonois (Tony Stark), George R. Robertson (Hurst), Tab Thacker (House), Archie Hahn (Mike), James Hampton (mayor of Miami), Jerry Lazarus (Jack), Dan Barrows (Bob the janitor), Dana Mark (graduating policewoman), Richard Jasen (kid with toy plane), Ruth Farley (airport information), Kathryn Graf (1st stewardess), Via Van Ness (2nd stewardess), A.L. Meat (cigar smoker), Dan Fitzgerald (commissioner Murdock), Arthur Edwards (thief in drag), Jeff Gillen (thief's victim), Susan Hatfield (mayor's wife), Ed Kovens (Dempsey), Tom Kouchalakos (Manny), Ruben Rabasa (Julio), Angelo Reno (Pete), Scott Weinger (shark-attack kid), Pam Bogart (Harris' pick-up), Toni Crabtree (activities announcer), Nelson Oramas (crowd control cop), Julio Oscar Mechoso (shooting-range cop), Joni Siani (TV interviewer), Jeff Breslauer (news photographer)