Off Beat Movie Review 1986

A shy librarian unluckily wins a spot in a police benefit dance troupe, and then falls in love with a tough police woman. With a screenplay by playwright Medoff, and a good supporting cast, it still manages to miss the mark.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Wrong Side of the Tracks, New York, New York, Libraries and Librarians

Screenplay

Mark Medoff

Cast

Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Fred Gwynne, John Turturro, Jacques D'Amboise, James Tolkan, Joe Mantegna, Harvey Keitel, Amy Wright, Christopher Noth

Cinematography

Carlo Di Palma

Director

Michael Dinner

Music

James Horner

Producer

Joe Roth, Harry Ufland