Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)

Director:

Jim Drake

Writers:

Neal Israel (characters)
Pat Proft (characters)

Release Date:

3 April 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Take off with the original cast... and some new civilian recruits as they take to the streets and the skies to fight crime.

Plot:

The misfit Police Academy graduates now are assigned to train a group of civilian volunteers to fight crime once again plaguing the streets.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Police Academy | Humorous Female Cop | Sergeant | Nutty Cop

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Steve Guttenberg	...	Sgt. Carey Mahoney
Bubba Smith	...	Sgt. Moses Hightower
Michael Winslow	...	Sgt. Larvelle Jones
David Graf	...	Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry
Tim Kazurinsky	...	Officer Sweetchuck
Sharon Stone	...	Claire Mattson
Leslie Easterbrook	...	Lt. Debbie Callahan
Marion Ramsey	...	Sgt. Laverne Hooks
Lance Kinsey	...	Lt. Proctor
G.W. Bailey	...	Captain Harris
Bobcat Goldthwait	...	Officer Zed
George Gaynes	...	Cmndt. Eric Lassard
Derek McGrath	...	Butterworth
Scott Thomson	...	Sgt. Chad Copeland
Billie Bird	...	Mrs. Lois Feldman

Also Known As:

Citizens on Patrol: Police Academy 4 (UK) (poster title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:6 | Iceland:L | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (alternate rating) | Finland:K-10 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2004) | UK:PG (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Burleigh Falls, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Jack Creley's last film role.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie, the two balloons are in the air. As one of them goes down to land, we see a shot with balloons on the ground. In the next shot, one of them is still up and flying.

Quotes:

Zed: Gene, Gene made a machine, and Joe, Joe made it go. Art, Art blew a fart and blew the whole damn thing apart.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Dancing with the Stars: (#8.7)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

PA4: Not just another funny movie

"Citizens On Patrol", the fourth installment of the Police Academy is again shaped in the same mold as it's follow-ups: the slapstick, the crude humor, and sexual innuendos.

It's too bad that the writers of these movies couldn't think of something different than the same old thing, but what works works!

Kudos again to Michael Winslow and his vocal effects. Also thanks goes to the writers for giving Zed (Bobcat Goldthwait) a new love.