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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.

1986 |1h 32m |  Comedy

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Cast

cast

Judge Reinhold

Joe Gower

cast

Meg Tilly

Rachel Wareham

cast

Cleavant Derricks

Abe Washington

cast

Joe Mantegna

Pete Peterson

cast

John Turturro

Neil Pepper

cast

Amy Wright

Mary Ellen Gruenwald

cast

Harvey Keitel

Mickey

cast

Irving Metzman

Deluca

cast

Jacques d'Amboise

August

cast

James Tolkan

Harry

cast

Julie Bovasso

Mrs. Wareham

cast

Anthony Zerbe

Mr. Wareham

cast

Fred Gwynne

The Commissioner

cast

Victor Argo

Leon

cast

Austin Pendleton

Gun Shop Salesman

cast

Penn Jillette

Norman

cast

Jack Fletcher

Alvin

cast

Mel Winkler

Earl

cast

Mike Starr

James Bonnell

cast

Shawn Elliott

Hector

cast

Nancy Giles

Celestine

cast

Paul Butler

Jordan

cast

John Kapelos

Lou Wareham

cast

William Sadler

Dickson

cast

Chris Noth

Ely Wareham Jr.

cast

Fyvush Finkel

Vendor

cast

Carmine Foresta

E.S. Lieutenant

cast

Helen Hanft

Waitress

cast

Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter

Dancing Cop

cast

Frank Patton III

Dancing Cop

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Tony LaFortezza

Hostage (uncredited)

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Ronda Swindell

Shouter (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$10,000,000.00

Revenue

$4,842,778.00