Off Beat
20 reviews
Comedy
1h 32m
1986
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...
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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.
- DirectorMichael Dinner
- Release10 April 1986
- GenreComedy
- Duration1h 32m
- Budget$10,000,000
- Revenue$4,842,778
- Rate20 reviews
- Productions
Touchstone Pictures
Cast

Judge Reinhold
Joe Gower

Meg Tilly
Rachel Wareham

Cleavant Derricks
Abe Washington

Joe Mantegna
Pete Peterson

John Turturro
Neil Pepper

Amy Wright
Mary Ellen Gruenwald

Harvey Keitel
Mickey

Irving Metzman
Deluca

Jacques d'Amboise
August

James Tolkan
Harry

Julie Bovasso
Mrs. Wareham

Anthony Zerbe
Mr. Wareham

Fred Gwynne
The Commissioner

Victor Argo
Leon

Austin Pendleton
Gun Shop Salesman

Penn Jillette
Norman

Jack Fletcher
Alvin

Mel Winkler
Earl

Mike Starr
James Bonnell

Shawn Elliott
Hector

Nancy Giles
Celestine

Paul Butler
Jordan

John Kapelos
Lou Wareham

William Sadler
Dickson

Chris Noth
Ely Wareham Jr.

Fyvush Finkel
Vendor

Helen Hanft
Waitress

Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter
Dancing Cop

Gia Gracielle Galeano
Dancing Cop

Frank Patton III
Dancing Cop

Tony LaFortezza
Hostage (uncredited)

Ronda Swindell
Shouter (uncredited)
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