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Police Academy is a series of American comedy film

Comedy film

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s, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, Mission to Moscow
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow is a 1994 comedy crime film starring George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, and Claire Forlani . It is the seventh and final film in the Police Academy series. It was directed by Alan Metter and written by Randolph Davis and Michele S...

, was released in 1994. The series opened with Police Academy
Police Academy (film)
Police Academy is a 1984 comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson, and starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall and G.W. Bailey. It grossed approximately $146 million worldwide and spawned six more films in the Police Academy series.-Plot:...

(1984) which started with the premise that a new mayor

Mayor

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had announced a policy

Policy

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requiring the police

Police

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department to accept all willing recruits. The movie followed a group of misfit recruits in their attempts to prove themselves capable of being police officers.