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19861h 32mPGEnglish

Off Beat

The Real Life Adventures Of A Make-Believe Cop.

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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.

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DirectorMichael Dinner

Keywords

new york citydancepolice impersonatorpolice officerlibrarian
Budget$10M
Box Office$5M

Cast

Judge Reinhold as Joe Gower

Judge Reinhold

Joe Gower

Meg Tilly as Rachel Wareham

Meg Tilly

Rachel Wareham

Cleavant Derricks as Abe Washington

Cleavant Derricks

Abe Washington

Joe Mantegna as Pete Peterson

Joe Mantegna

Pete Peterson

John Turturro as Neil Pepper

John Turturro

Neil Pepper

Amy Wright as Mary Ellen Gruenwald

Amy Wright

Mary Ellen Gruenwald

Harvey Keitel as Mickey

Harvey Keitel

Mickey

Peter Wise

Peter Wise

Irving Metzman as Deluca

Irving Metzman

Deluca

Jacques d'Amboise as August

Jacques d'Amboise

August