"It was voted the 14th best comedy of all time in a Channel 4 poll. The film was selected by ""The New York Times"" as one of ""The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made"". It was named the 7th Funniest Comedy Ever on a poll by ""Empire"". ""The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!"" grossed $78.8 million at the box office. The film was released on December 2, 1988 and in its opening weekend, finished in first place, grossing $9.3 million. In its second weekend, it grossed $6.1 million, falling to second place behind the newly released ""Twins"" ($11.2"
"C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf is a 1988 television film directed by William Friedkin and starring Joseph Cortese, Jack Youngblood, Steve James, and Deborah Van Valkenburgh. It is the sequel to ""C.A.T. Squad"" (1986) and aired May 23, 1988. Bud Raines organizes the purchase of plutonium from a pair of smugglers who mention a large shipment of it moving that night. Bud has Sommers hold the money while he tests the plutonium on board a ship. During the process he is ""made"" as an agent and attacked by the smugglers. Burkholder, who has been listening to the"
"""Potentially hilarious moments seem to straggle by like students playing hooky, and the whodunit plot gets dumber and more contrived at every turn."" Plain Clothes (1988 film) Plain Clothes is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge and starring Arliss Howard. Undercover cop Nick Dunbar's (Arliss Howard) brother Matt (Loren Dean) is accused of killing his teacher, Mr. Bradwood (Mack Harrell) at Adlai Stevenson High School. Nick loses his temper with Hechtor (Larry Pine), the detective in charge, and gets suspended. Nick's partner Ed (Seymour Cassel) pretends to be Nick's dad to enroll him as a student. Matt"
"Plain Clothes (1988 film) Plain Clothes is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge and starring Arliss Howard. Undercover cop Nick Dunbar's (Arliss Howard) brother Matt (Loren Dean) is accused of killing his teacher, Mr. Bradwood (Mack Harrell) at Adlai Stevenson High School. Nick loses his temper with Hechtor (Larry Pine), the detective in charge, and gets suspended. Nick's partner Ed (Seymour Cassel) pretends to be Nick's dad to enroll him as a student. Matt gives Nick pointers to get people to talk to him. Nick deals with bullies, girls with crushes on him, teachers and staff who"
"films. ""Police Story 2"" was listed at 61st place on this list. Police Story 2 Police Story 2 (, a.k.a. Jackie Chan's Police Story 2) is a 1988 Hong Kong action film written, directed by and starring Jackie Chan as Chan Ka-kui. It is a sequel to the hit 1985 film, ""Police Story"", continuing the storyline of Chan's character, ""Kevin"" Chan Ka-kui. Inspector Chan Ka-kui has been demoted to highway patrol as the result of his handling of his previous case, which involved the violent arrest of crime lord Chu Tao and heavy property damage. The new duty pleases his"
"Other television compositions included ""Wizards and Warriors"" (1983), ""Fame"" (1984), ""Lime Street"" (1985), ""Christine Cromwell"" (1989) and ""My Life and Times"" (1991) as well as the television films ""Murder in Three Acts"" (1986), ""Double Agent"" (1987), ""Police Story: The Watch Commander"" (1988), ""My First Love"" (1988), ""She Knows Too Much"" (1989) and the feature film ""Number One with a Bullet"" (1987). He also conducted the orchestras and, for some, provided additional music for several films including ""The Beastmaster"" (1982), """" (1982), ""Splash"" (1984), ""Weird Science"" (1985), ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), ""Dragnet"" (1987) and ""The Naked Gun"" (1988). Following ""ALF""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s"
"Colt 38 Special Squad Colt 38 Special Squad () is a 1976 Italian ""poliziottesco"" film. This film, by Massimo Dallamano, stars Ivan Rassimov and Marcel Bozzuffi. Turin, Italy mid-1970s. When his wife becomes the latest innocent victim of a merciless Marseilles crime lord (Ivan Rassimov), police captain Vanni (Marcel Bozzuffi) goes beyond the law to form a secret squad of rogue cops, each armed with an unlicensed .38 Colt Diamondback revolver. As Vanni and his vigilante crew take back the night bullet by bullet, the Marseillaise joins the game by instigating a wave of violent crime that turns the city"
"1988 Metro Manila Film Festival The 14th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1988. An unheralded and obscure movie, ""Patrolman"" was named the Best Picture in the 1988 Metro Manila Film Festival. The lead star, once unknown stuntman-actor Baldo Marro won the Best Actor award for his role as a dedicated policeman edging out the favored Christopher de Leon. Amy Austria won the Best Actress award for her convincing performance of a woman who led a life of crime in ""Bubbles: Ativan Gang"". Other awardees include Best Director for Laurice Guillen, Best Supporting Actor for Dick Israel and Best"
"Feds Feds is a 1988 American comedy film written and directed by Daniel Goldberg, and starring Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross. The ending credits stated that the real FBI did not support the film or assist the production in any way. Ellie DeWitt (Rebecca De Mornay) is a former U.S. Marine who wants to become an FBI Agent. However, while she has great physical skills, she struggles at the academic level. Conversely, her roommate Janis Zuckerman (Mary Gross) is as smart as they come, but physically very weak. Overcoming the male recruits' assumptions of them, Ellie and Janis team"
"again dating Susan. Shakedown (1988 film) Shakedown (also known in international markets as Blue Jean Cop) is a 1988 crime drama/action film starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott. The screenplay concerns an idealistic lawyer who teams with a veteran cop to find out the truth in a possible police corruption scandal. Roland Dalton (Weller) is a burned-out, mild-mannered Manhattan public defender, and his last case before leaving legal aid is crack dealer Michael Jones (Richard Brooks), accused of shooting to death police officer Patrick O'Leary in Central Park. According to Jones, the shooting was in self-defense and that officer O'Leary"
"is absolutely crucial to a thorough understanding of the East Village scene."" and Flavorpill called the film ""derelict"". Apartment Eight Apartment Eight is a 1987 Lower East Side comedy short film by director Matthew Harrison, which won ""Best Comedy"" at the 1988 New York Film Festival Downtown and the ""Mystic Fire Independent Film Award"" at the 1989 Ann Arbor Film Festival. Rave-Ups singer Michael Kaniecki (who also wrote the score) and theater director Bob McGrath play former roommates Todd and Martin who, in the early 1980s, briefly led overlapping lives in ""Apartment Eight"". Shot on S8mm film in monthly installments"
"Shakedown (1988 film) Shakedown (also known in international markets as Blue Jean Cop) is a 1988 crime drama/action film starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott. The screenplay concerns an idealistic lawyer who teams with a veteran cop to find out the truth in a possible police corruption scandal. Roland Dalton (Weller) is a burned-out, mild-mannered Manhattan public defender, and his last case before leaving legal aid is crack dealer Michael Jones (Richard Brooks), accused of shooting to death police officer Patrick O'Leary in Central Park. According to Jones, the shooting was in self-defense and that officer O'Leary was a <nowiki>'</nowiki>""Blue"
"Cop Hater (film) Cop Hater is a 1958 American police procedural film, based on the 1956 novel ""Cop Hater"" by Ed McBain, the first in a series of books about the 87th Precinct in New York City. The film was produced and directed by William Berke, written by Henry Kane, and stars Robert Loggia and Gerald O'Loughlin. During an intense summer heat wave in New York City, two cops are murdered and it's up to the detectives of the 87th Precinct to find the killer. Steve Carelli (Robert Loggia) and Mike Maguire (Gerald O'Loughlin) are the lead investigators on the"
"Apartment Eight Apartment Eight is a 1987 Lower East Side comedy short film by director Matthew Harrison, which won ""Best Comedy"" at the 1988 New York Film Festival Downtown and the ""Mystic Fire Independent Film Award"" at the 1989 Ann Arbor Film Festival. Rave-Ups singer Michael Kaniecki (who also wrote the score) and theater director Bob McGrath play former roommates Todd and Martin who, in the early 1980s, briefly led overlapping lives in ""Apartment Eight"". Shot on S8mm film in monthly installments over a one-year period, most of the scenes in ""Apartment Eight"" were done as single takes in a"
"Off Limits (1988 film) Off Limits is a 1988 action-thriller film set during the Vietnam War starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines and directed by Christopher Crowe. The term ""off limits"" referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of Saigon off limits to military personnel. The name of the film was changed to Saigon or Saigon: Off Limits when it was released throughout the rest of the world. The film marks Willem Dafoe's second Vietnam War film. He was assisted in preparing for this role by Vietnam Veteran and former Counterintelligence Special Agent Ed Murphy."
"the Pink Floyd box set ""The Early Years 1965–1972"" on 11 November 2016. The Committee (film) The Committee is a 1968 British independent black-and-white film noir film. It featured original music by Pink Floyd as well as Arthur Brown's song 'Nightmare'. The movie follows a man (Paul Jones) who is unnamed. The movie starts out with the central character in a car with a man (Tom Kempinski) who just picked him up. The victim talks to him, but he is uninterested. The victim decides to pull over because he does not like the sound of the engine. While he is"
"Colors (film) Colors is a 1988 American police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed by Dennis Hopper. The film takes place in the gang ridden neighborhoods of 1980s' South Central Los Angeles, East Los Angeles and the LAPD Rampart Division, and centers on Bob Hodges (Duvall), an experienced Los Angeles Police Department CRASH officer, and his rookie partner, Danny McGavin (Penn), who try to stop the gang violence between the Bloods, the Crips, and Hispanic street gangs. ""Colors"" relaunched Hopper as a director 19 years after ""Easy Rider"", and inspired discussion over its depiction"
"Guillen. 1988 Metro Manila Film Festival The 14th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1988. An unheralded and obscure movie, ""Patrolman"" was named the Best Picture in the 1988 Metro Manila Film Festival. The lead star, once unknown stuntman-actor Baldo Marro won the Best Actor award for his role as a dedicated policeman edging out the favored Christopher de Leon. Amy Austria won the Best Actress award for her convincing performance of a woman who led a life of crime in ""Bubbles: Ativan Gang"". Other awardees include Best Director for Laurice Guillen, Best Supporting Actor for Dick Israel and"
"C.A.T. Squad C.A.T. Squad (also titled Stalking Danger) is a 1986 television film starring Joseph Cortese, Jack Youngblood, Steve James, Bradley Whitford, and Barry Corbin. It is directed by William Friedkin and written by Gerald Petievich, who had collaborated on ""To Live and Die in L.A."" the previous year. The original score was composed by Ennio Morricone. The film follows the titular squad, an elite black ops unit, investigating a terrorist plot to sabotage a NATO defense project. It aired on NBC on July 27, 1986. It was followed by a sequel, """", in 1988. After the murder of several"
"tell him that Nikki is dead. Bekker attempts to steal plutonium from a nearby reactor in South Africa but Richard, acting as a worker named Mr. Kurtz, activates a meltdown alarm in the middle of a robbery. Becker is unconvinced that there is actually a meltdown and shoots at Richard, who releases hot steam from a pipe into Becker's face, causing him to fall into a giant transformer connection and die of electrocution. Filming took place in Montréal, Québec. C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf is a 1988 television film directed by William Friedkin and starring Joseph Cortese,"
"Drop Squad Drop Squad (sometimes spelled as ""DROP Squad"" or ""D.R.O.P. Squad"") is an American film released in 1994. The film depicts a team of African Americans who kidnap fellow black people whom they feel have betrayed their community and seek to ""deprogram"" them so that they will change their ways. In the film, the squad's acronym DROP stands for ""Deprogramming and Restoration of Pride"". The film has been described as ""[p]art thriller, part social satire"". The film was based in part on ""The Session"", a 45-minute film which director David Johnson had made in 1988 on a budget of"
"Streets of Death Streets of Death is a 1988 American film directed by Jeff Hathcock. Prostitutes are being killed all over the place, their bodies dumped in various parts of the city. Officer Kelly Anderson goes undercover as a prostitute to solve the case with the help of Detective Grant Jordan. Tommy Kirk had retired from acting when the film was made but the producer made him an offer ""that was hard to refuse."" He was the only professional actor in the cast. The film had some problems... I played a cop who has been kicked off the force because"
"the ""hostage"" and use their radio to redirect the other agents to make sure they don't find the hostage first. The two graduate with honors and in the credits scene, both Ellie and Janis are assigned as partners to the Los Angeles office. Feds Feds is a 1988 American comedy film written and directed by Daniel Goldberg, and starring Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross. The ending credits stated that the real FBI did not support the film or assist the production in any way. Ellie DeWitt (Rebecca De Mornay) is a former U.S. Marine who wants to become an"
"earned over $46 million in its domestic release. Colors (film) Colors is a 1988 American police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed by Dennis Hopper. The film takes place in the gang ridden neighborhoods of 1980s' South Central Los Angeles, East Los Angeles and the LAPD Rampart Division, and centers on Bob Hodges (Duvall), an experienced Los Angeles Police Department CRASH officer, and his rookie partner, Danny McGavin (Penn), who try to stop the gang violence between the Bloods, the Crips, and Hispanic street gangs. ""Colors"" relaunched Hopper as a director 19 years after"
"with a jackhammer's flair for the subtleties of psychological artifice."" The film earned $15,855,828 in gross revenue in the United States. In New Zealand, the film was rated M for offensive language and sexual references. In the United States, the film was rated R. Masquerade (1988 film) Masquerade is a 1988 American romance mystery thriller film directed by Bob Swaim and starring Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall, and Doug Savant. Written by Dick Wolf, the film is about a recently orphaned millionairess who falls in love with a young yacht racing captain who isn't completely truthful with her about"
"The Committee (film) The Committee is a 1968 British independent black-and-white film noir film. It featured original music by Pink Floyd as well as Arthur Brown's song 'Nightmare'. The movie follows a man (Paul Jones) who is unnamed. The movie starts out with the central character in a car with a man (Tom Kempinski) who just picked him up. The victim talks to him, but he is uninterested. The victim decides to pull over because he does not like the sound of the engine. While he is looking under the bonnet of the car the central character slams the bonnet"
"Masquerade (1988 film) Masquerade is a 1988 American romance mystery thriller film directed by Bob Swaim and starring Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall, and Doug Savant. Written by Dick Wolf, the film is about a recently orphaned millionairess who falls in love with a young yacht racing captain who isn't completely truthful with her about his past. The film was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best (Mystery) Motion Picture in 1989. Young yachting captain Tim Whalen (Rob Lowe) is having an affair with Brooke Morrison (Kim Cattrall), the wife of his boss, Granger Morrison (Brian Davies),"
"Police Story 2 Police Story 2 (, a.k.a. Jackie Chan's Police Story 2) is a 1988 Hong Kong action film written, directed by and starring Jackie Chan as Chan Ka-kui. It is a sequel to the hit 1985 film, ""Police Story"", continuing the storyline of Chan's character, ""Kevin"" Chan Ka-kui. Inspector Chan Ka-kui has been demoted to highway patrol as the result of his handling of his previous case, which involved the violent arrest of crime lord Chu Tao and heavy property damage. The new duty pleases his girlfriend, May, who is glad that her boyfriend is no longer taking"
"team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker as well as Pat Proft in varying combinations. Released on December 2, 1988, the film was a critical and commercial success, which led to two sequels: """" (1991) and """" (1994). Police Squad Lieutenant Frank Drebin, taking a vacation in Beirut, disrupts a conference of America's greatest enemies (Idi Amin, Muammar Gaddafi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Yasser Arafat, Fidel Castro, and Mikhail Gorbachev) who are trying to conceive a terrorist plan to humiliate the US. In Los Angeles, Officer Nordberg attempts to bust a heroin drug operation at the docks organized by dock's"
"The Clean Machine The Clean Machine is a 1988 Australian tele movie about police corruption starring Steve Bisley. It was one of four telemovies made by Kennedy Miller around this time. Inspector Eddie Riordan is appointed to head a new anti-corruption squad. The director was Ken Cameron: They asked me did I want to make it on 35mm. Now, I've always wondered whether I made a big mistake by not doing it on 35mm. But I don't think it would have been a success in the cinema. It wouldn't have had the density that it had on television. In terms"
"The Presidio (film) The Presidio is a 1988 American crime drama film directed by Peter Hyams and starring Sean Connery and Mark Harmon. Hyams also handled the cinematography and the score was composed by Bruce Broughton. At the Presidio Army base in San Francisco, MP Patti Jean Lynch is shot dead while investigating a break-in and two San Francisco Police officers are killed in the getaway. Jay Austin, a San Francisco police inspector, is sent to investigate. He clashes with Lieutenant Colonel Alan Caldwell, the base Provost Marshal. Years earlier, Austin and Lynch were partners while serving as MPs and"
"Die Hard Die Hard is a 1988 American action thriller film. It was directed by John McTiernan, and written by Steven E. de Souza and Jeb Stuart. It was produced by the Gordon Company and Silver Pictures, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film follows off-duty New York City Police Department officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) who is caught in a Los Angeles skyscraper during a heist led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman). It is based on Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel ""Nothing Lasts Forever"". Made for $28 million, ""Die Hard"" grossed over $140 million theatrically worldwide, with the film"
"Vice Versa (1988 film) Vice Versa is a 1988 American comedy film starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage. It is the fourth big screen adaptation of the 1882 novel of the same name by F. Anstey, following the British films released in 1916, 1937 and 1948. There was also a 1981 UK television series starring Peter Bowles and Iain Cuthbertson. In Thailand, a pair of thieves steal an ancient skull from a Buddhist monastery. Marshall Seymour (Judge Reinhold) is Vice President of a Chicago department store, in charge of buying. He is divorced and has a son named Charlie (Fred"