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48% Critic Match
Off Beat
“The Real Life Adventures Of A Make-Believe Cop.”
4.8 / 10• 1986• 1h 32m•PG• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Judge Reinhold
Joe Gower
Lead
Meg Tilly
Rachel Wareham
Cleavant Derricks
Abe Washington
Joe Mantegna
Pete Peterson
John Turturro
Neil Pepper
Amy Wright
Mary Ellen Gruenwald
Harvey Keitel
Mickey
PW
Peter Wise
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Dinner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Off Beat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
