Off Beat
Off Beat
Release: 1986-04-10
·Runtime: 92m
·★ 4.7
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Touchstone Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
William Sadler
as Dickson
Ronda Swindell
as Shouter (uncredited)
Chris Noth
as Ely Wareham Jr.
Amy Wright
as Mary Ellen Gruenwald
Harvey Keitel
as Mickey
Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter
as Dancing Cop
Judge Reinhold
as Joe Gower
John Turturro
as Neil Pepper
Jacques d'Amboise
as August
Anthony Zerbe
as Mr. Wareham
Mike Starr
as James Bonnell
Nancy Giles
as Celestine
Paul Butler
as Jordan
Joe Mantegna
as Pete Peterson
Julie Bovasso
as Mrs. Wareham
Fyvush Finkel
as Vendor
Gia Gracielle Galeano
as Dancing Cop
Tony LaFortezza
as Hostage (uncredited)
Irving Metzman
as Deluca
Victor Argo
as Leon
Shawn Elliott
as Hector
Frank Patton III
as Dancing Cop
Meg Tilly
as Rachel Wareham
Cleavant Derricks
as Abe Washington
Austin Pendleton
as Gun Shop Salesman
Penn Jillette
as Norman
Jack Fletcher
as Alvin
John Kapelos
as Lou Wareham
Helen Hanft
as Waitress
James Tolkan
as Harry
Fred Gwynne
as The Commissioner
Mel Winkler
as Earl