Off Beat
“The Real Life Adventures Of A Make-Believe Cop.”
1986•PG•1h 32m•4.8•Released
Comedy
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
Director
Michael Dinner
Writer
Mark Medoff
Budget
$10M
Revenue
$5M
Languages
English
Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Cast
Judge Reinhold
Joe Gower
Meg Tilly
Rachel Wareham
Cleavant Derricks
Abe Washington
Joe Mantegna
Pete Peterson
John Turturro
Neil Pepper
Amy Wright
Mary Ellen Gruenwald
Harvey Keitel
Mickey
Peter Wise
Irving Metzman
Deluca
Jacques d'Amboise
August
James Tolkan
Harry
Julie Bovasso
Mrs. Wareham
Anthony Zerbe
Mr. Wareham
Fred Gwynne
The Commissioner
Victor Argo
Leon
Production
Company
Touchstone Pictures
Producer
Harry J. Ufland
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