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Cast

Steve Guttenberg
as Carey Mahoney

Bubba Smith
as Moses Hightower

David Graf
as Eugene Tackleberry

Michael Winslow
as Larvell Jones

Leslie Easterbrook
as Lt. Callahan

George Gaynes
as Commandant Lassard

Marion Ramsey
as Sgt. Hooks

Art Metrano
as Commandant Mauser

Tim Kazurinsky
as Cadet Sweetchick

Bobcat Goldthwait
as Cadet Zed

Shawn Weatherly
as Cadet Adams

Scott Thomson
as Sgt. Copeland

Bruce Mahler
as Sgt. Fackler

Lance Kinsey
as Lt. Proctor

Brian Tochi
as Cadet Nogata

Debra Scott
as Cadet Fackler

Debralee Scott
as Cadet Fackler

Ed Nelson
as Gov. Neilson

Colleen Camp

Andrew Paris
as Cadet Kirkland

George R. Robertson
as Chief Hurst

Georgina Spelvin
as The Hooker

David Huband
as Chief Hodges

David James Elliott
as Cadet

Arthur Batanides
as Mr. Kirkland

Jack Greley
as Mr. Matthews

Christopher R. Thomas
as Cadet

Rita Tuckett
as Mrs. Tyler

Brant von Hoffman
as Sgt. Blanks

Chas Lawther
as Mr. Delanny

Lyn Jackson
as Mrs. Chick

Mary Ann Coles
as Mrs. Hurst

Sam Stone
as Cabbie

Grant Cowan
as Line-Up Room Victim

Bruce Pirie
as Line-Up Room Cop

Jack Creley
as Mr. Bellows

Doug Lennox
as Axe Murderer

Teddy Abner
as Tommy

Marcia Watkins
as Sarah

Pam Hyatt
as Sarah's Mother

Fran Gebhard
as Woman at Cafe

Les Nirenberg
as Man with Cigar

Susan Denyck
as Basketball Player

Gloria Summers
as Maid

Fred Livingstone
as Elderly Man

Gladys O'Conner
as Woman at Phone Booth

Elias Zarou
as Hotel Manager

Gary Flannagan
as Bartender

Peter Colvey
as Gang Member

Gladys O'Connor
as Woman at Phone Booth

Alex Pauljak
as Gang Member

Anton Tyukodi
as Purse Snatcher

Gary Flanagan
as Bartender

Pierre Berube
as Boy on Bicycle

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• Apr 17, 2014

  Getting back to its roots, Police Academy 3: Back In Training moves the series in the right director but it comes up a bit short on laughs. When budget cuts force the state to close down one of its police academies, Commandant Lassard rounds up his best graduates to help him train his last class and to try to convince the state board to keep his academy open. Most of the cast from the last film return, but their performances are rather mediocre. The writing is also pretty weak, but the academy setting helps to make the screwball comedy work. Police Academy 3: Back In Training finds a fun and exciting way to continue the series, but the jokes are getting stale and are wearing thin.
  Dann M Super Reviewer
• Aug 26, 2013

  Third times a charm as we head back to the Police Academy for more training with yet more new recruits. Yep once again the best of the boys in blue are called back to campus to help out Lassard. Pretty much all the cast are back again (impressive) as this time Lassard and his favourites must battle Mauser and his own recruits. Confused? well I don't blame ya, it appears that from out of nowhere there are now two police academies in this fictional city. One we all know of and the other run by Mauser, despite the fact this was never mentioned in the previous two films by anyone including Mauser. So both academies are pitched against each other as the city can't afford to run both and one must go. Not too sure why Mauser's cadets are dressed in military type uniforms though, surely they'd all be the same. This equals the same spiel as we got in the first film, and when I say the same I mean the same. Almost all the new recruit sequences from the first film are reenacted yet again in this films beginning. Now you may think this sounds like poor writing but its actually quite neat. For example in the first film we saw Fackler's wife trying to stop him from going to the academy, in this film the sequence is reversed and we see Fackler trying to stop his wife. We also get a role reversal for Goldthwait as Zed the gang leader from the second film plus Sweetchuck is back for them to continue their little comedy duo. We even see the return of Tackleberry's girlfriends wacky family, gotta give it to the continuity in these films. The film does admittedly consist of the same kind of thing we saw in the first film really, the recruits going through the same training that we've seen before like martial arts with Jones, high speed driving, voice commands etc...all on the same location as the first film too! so there's a lot of deja vu. Again like previous films there are pratfalls and gags, this time the main one being Mauser losing his eyebrows and having to wear women's makeup for the rest of the film. Again I can't deny its quite funny and made all the more funny by the brilliant Art Metrano once again. Metrano is brilliant again and Kinsey plays off him well as Proctor, these two are still one of the best things in the franchise for this film and the second. These films are extremely formulaic, identikit films really (hey it seemed to work), all the usual buffoonery eventually leads to the big showdown sequence in the finale where the new recruits prove themselves against the odds. This time its a water based chase sequence with jet ski's, motorboats and absolutely loads of people falling into the water. Guess what...they win, save the day and all become fine police officers whilst keeping Lassard's academy alive. Everything you would expect is here just to keep people interested in their favourite characters. Despite the usual fluff this is probably the last decent PA film before things just get a bit too factory line conveyor belt crapola. The plot isn't too bad, having all the training again is a bit tired but the two academies fighting each other is a nice angle and the finale is hokey as hell but it looks quite good, they know how to make a set piece look good. The first film to get a PG rating but it manages to keep its head above the water.
  Phil H Super Reviewer
• Sep 06, 2010

  The third Police Academy movie, and I'm still liking it! Why? It's still funny, has all the same actors, and the story's not bad. If you liked the first two, see this one too.
  Aj V Super Reviewer
• Jul 06, 2010

  Part three brings back some of the old and also promotes incidental characters to bigger parts. Zed, Sweetchuck, Fackler's Wife, Tackelberry's brother in law etc. are all now becoming police officer. It doesn't add as much intrigue as you would think, as most of the humor still relies on the characters we know and love. Mauser is the villain again, but is joined by the 2 ass-kissing cadets from the first film. The two academies going head-to-head is never really given enough room to develop, because we only see things from one side. We are just told how well the other academy is doing. It should be enjoyable enough for fans.
  Luke B Super Reviewer

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