Comedy · United States of America · 1986 · 1h 32m

Off Beat

Off Beat poster
Director
Michael Dinner
Cast
Judge Reinhold as Joe Gower Meg Tilly as Rachel Wareham Cleavant Derricks as Abe Washington Joe Mantegna as Pete Peterson John Turturro as Neil Pepper Amy Wright as Mary Ellen Gruenwald
Crew
Carlo Di Palma — Director of Photography Dede Allen — Editor Angelo Corrao — Editor James Horner — Original Music Composer Mark Medoff — Screenplay Dezsö Magyar — Story
Tagline

The Real Life Adventures Of A Make-Believe Cop.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Off Beat — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
new york citydancepolice impersonatorpolice officerlibrarian
Key Collaborators
Michael Dinner Director Carlo Di Palma Director of Photography Dede Allen Editor Angelo Corrao Editor James Horner Original Music Composer Mark Medoff Screenplay Dezsö Magyar Story Harry J. Ufland Producer Woods Mackintosh Production Design
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