New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!
Steve Guttenberg
as Carey Mahoney
Kim Cattrall
as Karen Thompson
G.W. Bailey
as Lieutenant Harris
Bubba Smith
as Moses Hightower
Donovan Scott
as Leslie Barbara
George Gaynes
as Commandant Lassard
Andrew Rubin
as George Martin
David Graf
as Tackleberry
Leslie Easterbrook
as Sergeant Callahan
Michael Winslow
as Larvell Jones
Debralee Scott
as Mrs. Fackler
Bruce Mahler
as Doug Fackler