Main Cast: Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, Marion Ramsey
Release Year: 1989
Country: US
Run Time: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Who do you send after a gang of stump-dumb crooks? Who else but the most intellectually-challenged police force in America, in the sixth installment of the Police Academy series. The Wilson Heights Gang, three thieves whose success as criminals is in inverse proportion to their outwardly-displayed intelligence and criminal talent, are managing to terrorize the city in spite of themselves. The increasingly feeble Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) and his much-put-upon second-in-command Capt. Harris (G.W. Bailey) are instructed to bring the crooks to justice; of course, with the Police Academy regulars as their task force, that's much easier said than done. Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, Marion Ramsey, and Bruce Mahler are on hand once again as the comical cops; Peter Bonerz, a former regular on The Bob Newhart Show, stepped in as director. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Lance Kinsey - Proctor; Matt McCoy - Nick; Bruce Mahler - Feckler; G.W. Bailey - Capt. Harris; George Gaynes - Commandant Lassard; Kenneth Mars - Mayor; Gerritt Graham - Ace; George R. Robertson - Police Commissioner Hurst; Arthur Batanides - Mr. Kirkland; Billie Bird - Mrs. Stanwyck; Fritz Bronner - Friend; Carlos Cervantes - Hustler; Greg Collins - SWAT Team Leader; Alexander Folk - Well-dressed Man; Michael Fosberg - Friend; Mark Jay Goodman - Businessman; Roberta Haynes - Bus Passenger; Darryl Henriques - Man in a Hurry; Tom Lawrence - Cop Who Eats a Child; Peder Melhuse - Cop Who Sighs; Dennis Ott - Looter; Roger E. Reid - Xeroxed Policeman; Darwyn Swalve - Ox; Angelo Tiffe - Cop #1; Anna Mathias - Bank Teller; Alan Hunter - Businessman; Ralph Blandshaw - Rap Man; Lou Butera - Pool Shooter; Peter Elbing - Store Manager; Kort Falkenberg - Old Man; Starr Gilliard - Officer; Melvin Glover - Rap Man; Susan Hegarty - Saleswoman; Rusdi Lane - Yuppie with Squeaky Shoes; Michael Leopard - Gym Officer; Gerry Lock - Old Lady; Allison Mack - Little Girl; Beans Morocco - Bank President; Brian Seeman - Flash; Daniel Ben Wilson - Tackleberry, Jr.; Christopher Wolf - Gym Officer
Credit
Peter Flaherty - Costume Designer, Jai Galati - Costume Designer, Peter Bonerz - Director, Hubert de la Bouillerie - Editor, Robert Folk - Composer (Music Score), Bernadine M. Anderson - Makeup, Thomas E. Azzari - Production Designer, Charles Rosher Jr. - Cinematographer, Paul Maslansky - Producer, Donald West - Producer, Richard Fernandez - Set Designer, Eric Orbom - Set Designer, Dewey Gene Grigg - Special Effects, Jim Halty - Stunts, Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts, Pete Antico - Stunts, Stephen J. Curwick - Screenwriter, Howard Brandy - Publicist
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The police must investigate a series of robberies along a strip of land in the city. The robberies are committed by a group of three dimwitted criminals who do not seem to be able to do this on their own, and it is later revealed they are being guided by a literally shadow figure known as the "Mastermind", who speaks to the three behind a wall of glass and uses a voice distortion device. The Police Academy group believes the string of robberies may be to intentionally lower property values in that part of the city. They also learn that someone must be 'leaking' information to the bad guys, which is why they are always one step ahead of the Police Academy.
G. W. Bailey (Captain Harris), David Graf (Tackleberry), and Lance Kinsey (Proctor) in Sweden in 1989 to promote Police Academy 6: City Under Siege.
Landmarks
Some of the landmarks and people in the film reference the city of Toronto, the city where most of the first 4 Police Academy's was filmed:
The police station is called Oakdale Police Station, referencing the Oakdale area of Toronto which a small area between the western intersections of Highway 400 and Finch Avenue, extending to just south of Sheppard Avenue, and east just past Jane Street. This is often referred to as part of the Downsview area of Toronto.[1]
The criminal organization behind the crime wave in the city is called the Wilson Heights Gang, a reference to Wilson Heights Boulevard, a street in the Downsview area. The specific area itself is called Wilson Heights.
The DVD/Video Guide by Mick Martin & Marsha Porter gave the first two Police Academy films 2 stars out of 5; and each subsequent film received a Turkey (their lowest score.) Fellow critic/historian Leonard Maltin seemed to concur; he said this film was "...recommended only for people who thought PA#5 was robbed at the Oscars."
The movie performed poorly at the US Box Office grossing less than $11 million and marking the decline of the Police Academy franchise.[2] It also earned the designation of being the first Police Academy movie not to place first in the US weekend box office.
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