With a plot that riffs on the 1977 spy film Telefon, this spoof police movie has no shame in its juvenile puns, visual gags and slapstick. We just wouldn’t want Drebin in charge of saving our lives.

who clashes with the Beverly Hills police when he comes to town to figure out who killed his best friend. The movie led to two sequels, with a long-awaited fourth installment in the series on the way.

Police Academy is a series of American comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, Mission to Moscow, was released in 1994. The series ...