Off Beat (1986)

Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Harvey Keitel, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna ... see more  , Jacques d'Amboise , Fred Gwynne , John Turturro , Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter , Victor Argo , Madeleine Berger , Julie Bovasso , Paul Butler , Ed Deacy , Mary Duncan , Shawn Elliott , Fyvush Finkel , Nancy Giles , Helen Hanft , John Kapelos , Yvonne Kersey , Ann McDonough , Irving Metzman , Austin Pendleton , Bill Sadler , Mike Starr , James Tolkan , Mel Winkler , Amy Wright , Anthony Zerbe , Penn Jillette , Mark Medoff , Jhoe Breedlove , Gregory Uel Cole , Aisha Coley , Laura Crimmins , Yvonne Erwin , Carmine Foresta , Gia Galeano , Christine Jacobson , Mike Lisenco , Marilynn Lyons , Faye Fujisaki Mar , Rome Neal , Frank Patton , Lisa Paulino , Linda Ravin , Stanley Simmonds , Howard Feuer , Chris Noth , Jack Fletcher , Peter Wise

In this charming comedy that lives up to its title, Judge Reinhold stars as Joe Gower, a librarian's assistant posing as a police officer and trying to win the heart of a beautiful police officer, Rac... read more hel Wareham (Meg Tilly). A complex chain of events is put in place when Joe agrees to help out a good friend who's a policeman by taking his place at an audition for the cop's annual benefit show. Once at the auditions, Joe falls for Rachel, who will be dancing in the benefit. Joe starts hanging out with the choreographer in order to spend more time with Rachel. Unfortunately, this gets him into his borrowed police uniform more than he would like, and soon he's carrying out the duties of a beat cop while wearing his disguise. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi