Main Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Tim Kazurinsky, Sharon Stone
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 88 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In the third sequel to the hit comedy Police Academy, Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) decides that the police force is overworked and understaffed, and he comes up with the idea of recruiting civilian volunteers to work side-by-side with his officers. Of course, with the hapless Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) in charge of training the new Neighborhood Watch groups, one might reasonably expect things will not go smoothly; meanwhile, the duplicitous Capt. Harris (G.W. Bailey) sets his sights on Lassard's job, and he schemes to get his aging boss out of the way. Series regulars Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, Bob Goldthwait, and Tim Kazurinsky are on board, as is Sharon Stone, who moved on to bigger and better things a few years later. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Leslie Easterbrook - Callahan; Marion Ramsey - Hooks; Lance Kinsey - Proctor; G.W. Bailey - Capt. Harris; Bobcat Goldthwait - Zed; George Gaynes - Commandant Lassard; Billie Bird - Mrs. Feldman; Brian Backer - Arnie; Arthur Batanides - Mr. Kirkland; Corinne Bohrer - Laura; Colleen Camp - Mrs. Kirkland-Tackleberry; Harvey Chao - Chinese Translator; Randall "Tex" Cobb - Zack; Jack Creley - Judge; Tommy Guerrero - Skateboarder; Tony Hawk - Skateboarder; Kay Hawtry - Poetess; Jackie Joseph - Mrs. Kirkland; Derek McGrath - Butterworth; Michael McManus - Todd; Andrew Paris - Bud Kirkland; Michael Rhoades - Hood in Balloon; George R. Robertson - Comissioner Hughs; Ted Simonett - Copeland's Partner; David Spade - Kyle; Tab Thacker - House; Scott Thomson - Copeland; Brian Tochi - Nogata; Carolyn Scott - Nurse; Larry Schwartz - Warehouse Cop; Sid Gould - Man with Harmonica; Rummy Bishop - Party Man; Brent Byers - Bank Robber; Steve Caballero - Skateboarder; Frank Canino - Italian Official; Michele Duquet - French Translator; Diane Fabian - Purse Snatching Victim; Arnie Hardt - German Official; Francois Klanfer - French Official; Marc Leger - Headquarters Cop; Bob Lem - Chinese Official; Mike McGill - Skateboarder; Joey Pomanti - Italian Translator; Glenn Preston - Blue Oyster Patron; Don Ritchie - Couple at Elevator; Megan Smith - Couple at Elevator; Denis de Laviolette - German Translator; Fern Champion; Pamela Basker; Anne Tait; James Carroll - Warehouse Supplier; Chris Miller - Skateboarder
Credit
Rhiley Fuller - Art Director, Donald West - Associate Producer, Fern Champion - Casting, Pamela Basker - Casting, Jai Galati - Costume Designer, Aleida MacDonald - Costume Designer, Michael Zenon - First Assistant Director, Jim Drake - Director, David Rawlins - Editor, Robert Folk - Composer (Music Score), Rick Boston - Songwriter, Victor Brooks - Songwriter, Dr. Robert - Songwriter, Darryl Duncan - Songwriter, Arthur Funaro - Songwriter, Claude Ganem - Songwriter, Garry Glenn - Songwriter, Kurt Howell - Songwriter, Eugene E. Landy - Songwriter, Janice Liebhart - Songwriter, Eric Lowen - Songwriter, Harry Maslin - Songwriter, Dan Navarro - Songwriter, Rudy Pardee - Songwriter, Michael Person - Songwriter, Sandy Sherman - Songwriter, Gary Taylor - Songwriter, Gary Usher - Songwriter, Brian Wilson - Songwriter, Ken Brooke - Makeup, Trevor Williams - Production Designer, Robert Saad - Cinematographer, Paul Maslansky - Producer, Steve Shewchuk - Set Designer, Dewey Gene Grigg - Special Effects, Michael Deluna - Stunts, Gene Quintano - Screenwriter, Howard Brandy - Publicist
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol is the fourth comedy film in the Police Academy series. It was released in 1987. The film was given a PG rating for mild profanity.
A group of Police Academy graduates are sent to train a group of newly recruited civilian officers. The original Police Academy cast reprise their roles in the film. Capt. Harris, not seen since the first installment, returns as the film's nemesis. In Police Academy 2 and 3, Capt. Mauser (played by Art Metrano) filled that role, but Metrano was severely injured in a fall after filming number 3, and asked to be replaced for the remainder of the series.
Commandant Eric Lassard (George Gaynes) decides that the police force is overworked and understaffed, so he comes up with the idea of recruiting civilian volunteers to work side-by-side with his officers in a program called "Citizens On Patrol" (COP). Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) and his friends Moses Hightower (Bubba Smith), Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow), Eugene Tackleberry (David Graf), Zed (Bobcat Goldthwait), Sweetchuck (Tim Kazurinsky), Laverne Hooks (Marion Ramsey), and Debbie Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook) are in charge of training the civilians. The civilians include the enormous Tommy "House" Conklin (Tab Thacker), gung-ho senior citizen Lois Feldman (Billie Bird), and skateboarding delinquents Kyle (David Spade) and Arnie (Brian Backer). Captain Thaddeus Harris (G. W. Bailey) wants to take over Lassard's job, and that's why Harris is determined to see the COP program fail—but it's Harris and his right hand man Proctor (Lance Kinsey) who mess up by unintentionally allowing every inmate at the precinct 19 jail to escape.
