Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
- IMDb link: 0095882
- IMDb rating: 4.6 (40,686 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, Crime
- Director: Alan Myerson
- Cast: Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook and others
- Release date: 18 Mar 1988
- Release year: 1988
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: switched luggage, miami florida, slapstick comedy, beach, airplane, hostage, hotel, diamond, prank, abduction
Plot:
Commandant Eric Lassard, the head of the academy, has reached mandatory retirement age, much to the delight of Captain Thaddeus Harris, who is planning to take over Lassard's job. Lassard and a handful of the Academy's former students travel to Miami for a special ceremony where Lassard is to be honored as the Police Officer of the Decade at a convention. Along for the trip to Miami are Moses Hightower, Eugene Tackleberry, Larvell Jones, Debbie Callahan, Laverne Hooks, Tommy "House" Conklin, and Commissioner Henry Hurst, along with Harris and his right-hand man Proctor. A jewel thief named Manny has smuggled stolen diamonds. Manny's suitcase is accidentally switched with Lassard's identical suitcase at the airport in Miami. This gets Lassard and Harris kidnapped by Manny and his two henchmen Julio and Pete, with everyone, including Lassard's nephew, Sergeant Nick Lassard, in pursuit.
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