Main Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey
Release Year: 1986
Country: US
Run Time: 84 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In this third installment of the slapstick comedy series about novice police officers with less than dubious abilities, two police academies have to compete with each other in order to stay in business. The state's skinflint governor claims he has less money to spread around, so one of the police training academies is going to be axed. Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) calls back some of his former recruits to train the new batch of students, hoping to get the edge on the rival academy. Among the newcomers are brassy Cadet Zed (Bobcat Goldthwait), who is a former gang leader, and his roommate Cadet Sweetchuck (Tim Kazurinsky). Sweetchuck is a wimpy noodle whose Clint Eastwood impersonation is one of the film's most honestly funny moments. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Leslie Easterbrook - Lt. Callahan; Art Metrano - Commandant Mauser; Tim Kazurinsky - Cadet Sweetchick; Bobcat Goldthwait - Cadet Zed; George Gaynes - Commandant Lassard; Shawn Weatherly - Cadet Adams; Scott Thomson - Sgt. Copeland; Lance Kinsey - Lt. Proctor; Brian Tochi - Cadet Nogata; Debra Scott - Cadet Fackler; Ed Nelson - Gov. Neilson; Arthur Batanides - Mr. Kirkland; Colleen Camp; Jack Creley - Mr. Bellows; Pam Hyatt - Sarah's Mother; Chas Lawther - Mr. Delanny; Gladys O'Connor - Woman at Phone Booth; Andrew Paris - Cadet Kirkland; George R. Robertson - Chief Hurst; Georgina Spelvin - The Hooker; Anton Tyukodi - Purse Snatcher; Brant Van Hoffman - Sgt. Blanks; David James Elliott - Cadet; Doug Lennox - Axe Murderer; Teddy Abner - Tommy; Pierre Berube - Boy on Bicycle; Mary Ann Coles - Mrs. Hurst; Peter Colvey - Gang Member; Grant Cowan - Line-Up Room Victim; Susan Denyck - Basketball Player; Gary Flanagan - Bartender; Fran Gebhard - Woman at Cafe; Jack Greley - Mr. Mattews; David Huband - Chief Hodges; Lyn Jackson - Mrs. Chick; Fred Livingstone - Elderly Man; Les Nirenberg - Man with Cigar; Alex Pauljak - Gang Member; Bruce Pirie - Line-Up Room Cop; Sam Stone - Cabbie; Gloria Summers - Maid; Christopher R. Thomas - Cadet; Rita Tuckett - Mrs. Tyler; Marcia Watkins - Sarah; Elias Zarod - Hotel Manager
Credit
Rhiley Fuller - Art Director, Donald West - Associate Producer, Aleida MacDonald - Costume Designer, Jerry Paris - Director, Bud Molin - Editor, Robert Folk - Composer (Music Score), Rick Chudakoff - Songwriter, Tena Clark - Songwriter, Claude Ganem - Songwriter, Andy Hernandez - Songwriter, Lorenzo Pryor - Songwriter, Tony Warren - Songwriter, Lauren Wood - Songwriter, Ken Brooke - Makeup, Trevor Williams - Production Designer, Robert Saad - Cinematographer, Paul Maslansky - Producer, Sean Kirby - Set Designer, Gene Quintano - Screenwriter, Howard Brandy - Publicist
Police Academy 3: Back in Training is the third film in the Police Academy film series, released on March 21, 1986. The MPAA gave the film a PG rating for silly violence and references to body parts.
When police funding is cut, Governor Neilson announces that one of the city's two police academies will have to be closed down. To make it fair, Neilson announces a competition to determine which academy will stay opened. Commandant Eric Lassard calls back some of his former students to train the new batch of students, hoping to get the edge on the rival academy, which is run by Commandant Mauser. Lassard's new instructors, the former students he has brought back, include Carey Mahoney, Eugene Tackleberry, Moses Hightower, Debbie Callahan, Larvell Jones, Laverne Hooks, and Douglas Fackler. Among the new students at Lassard's academy are Cadet Nogata, Cadet Karen Adams, Cadet Bud Kirkland, Cadet Sarah, Cadet Hedges, former gang leader Zed, and Zed's roommate, Cadet Sweetchuck. In order to increase his own academy's chances of winning, Mauser persuades two of Lassard's officers, Kyle Blanks and Chad Copeland, to turn traitor and help Mauser. The competition becomes complicated when a local marina is robbed by a gang of thieves who are dressed as busboys, and Governor Neilson becomes their hostage.
