- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Release: 1986-04-11
- Director: Michael Dinner
- Writers: Dezsö Magyar , Mark Medoff
- Language: English
- Stars: Judge Reinhold , Meg Tilly , Cleavant Derricks , Joe Mantegna , Jacques d’Amboise , Amy Wright , John Turturro , James Tolkan , Julie Bovasso , Anthony Zerbe
- Runtime: 92 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: オフビート (Japan) , Un poliziotto fuori di testa (Italy) , Loucuras de Polícia (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Off Beat - Tanssien tutuksi (Finland) , Politist si dansator (Romania) , Off Beat , Policial por Acaso (Brazil) , Le flic était parfait (Canada) , Kamuzsaru (Hungary) , Marzenie bibliotekarza (Poland) , Policía por error (Argentina) , Off Beat (United States of America) , Policía por error (Mexico) , Policía por error (Spain) , Off Beat (United Kingdom) , Offbeat , Не в своей тарелке , Le flic était presque parfait (France, French Republic) , Policía por error (Peru) , Off Beat - Laß die Bullen tanzen , Off Beat (Finland) , Nie do taktu (Poland) , Off beat (Sweden) , Tanssien tutuksi (Finland)
- Plot: Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer and friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show, and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks, and he dances.
- IMDB:tt0091668
Off Beat Cast · · · ALL
Michael Dinner
Director
Judge Reinhold
Joe Gower
Meg Tilly
Rachel Wareham
Cleavant Derricks
Abe Washington
Joe Mantegna
Pete Peterson
John Turturro
Neil Pepper
Amy Wright
Mary Ellen Gruenwald
Harvey Keitel
Mickey
Peter Wise
Irving Metzman
Deluca
Jacques d’Amboise
August
James Tolkan
Harry
Julie Bovasso
Mrs. Wareham
Anthony Zerbe
Mr. Wareham
Fred Gwynne
The Commissioner
Victor Argo
Leon
Austin Pendleton
Gun Shop Salesman
Penn Jillette
Norman
Jack Fletcher
Alvin
Mel Winkler
Earl
Mike Starr
James Bonnell
Shawn Elliott
Hector
Stanley Simmonds
Pud
Nancy Giles
Celestine
Paul Butler
Jordan
John Kapelos
Lou Wareham