Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Theatrical release poster by Drew Struzan
Directed by	Jerry Paris
Written by	Barry W. Blaustein David Sheffield
Based on	Characters by Neal Israel Pat Proft
Produced by	Paul Maslansky
Starring	Steve Guttenberg Bubba Smith David Graf Michael Winslow Bruce Mahler Colleen Camp Art Metrano Marion Ramsey Howard Hesseman George Gaynes
Cinematography	James Crabe
Edited by	Bob Wyman
Music by	Robert Folk
Production company	The Ladd Company
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 29, 1985 (1985-03-29)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7.5 million[1][2]
Box office	$115 million[3]

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Jerry Paris. It is the second installment in the Police Academy franchise and the sequel to Police Academy.

Many actors who were in the first film return to reprise their roles. Steve Guttenberg, as Officer Carey Mahoney, the class clown; former American football player Bubba Smith returns as the colossal Moses Hightower; Marion Ramsey is featured again as Laverne Hooks; David Graf returns as gun-crazy Officer Eugene Tackleberry; Michael Winslow returns as sound effects master Officer Larvell Jones, and veteran actor George Gaynes returns as Commandant Eric Lassard. This is the only film in the franchise that Leslie Easterbrook didn't appear as Callahan.

New faces in Police Academy 2 include Howard Hesseman as Captain Pete Lassard (the brother of Police Academy commandant Eric Lassard); Bobcat Goldthwait as Zed, the leader of "The Scullions", an obnoxious gang; Art Metrano as Lt. Mauser; Peter Van Norden as slobbish police dog Officer Vinnie Schtulman; Tim Kazurinsky as hapless business owner Carl Sweetchuck; and Lance Kinsey as Sgt. Proctor. In the film, the Police Academy cadets have graduated and are assigned to the worst precinct in town, where they have to help Captain Pete Lassard fight Zed's gang.