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