Off Beat

1986

PG

1h 32m

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4.7/10
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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.

Writers

Dezsö Magyar(story by)
Mark Medoff(screenplay by)
cast-pic
Meg Tilly
Rachel Wareham
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Cleavant Derricks
Abe Washington
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Joe Mantegna
Pete Peterson
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John Turturro
Neil Pepper
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Amy Wright
Mary Ellen Gruenwald
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Julie Bovasso
Mrs. Wareham
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Anthony Zerbe
Mr. Wareham
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Fred Gwynne
The Commissioner
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Austin Pendleton
Gun Shop Salesman

Writers

Dezsö Magyar(story by)
Mark Medoff(screenplay by)

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Details

Release date

April 10, 1986 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production company

Touchstone Pictures

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Box office

Budget

$10,000,000

Gross worldwide

$4,842,778

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