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Bookmark this pageOff Beat (1986)
Director: Michael Dinner
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From Time Out Film Guide
Librarian Reinhold (moonlighting for a cop friend) falls for law-enforcer Tilly in this impossibly mellow-yellow comedy: writer Mark Medoff (Children of a Lesser God) turns up as a police sergeant, mingling with a first-division supporting cast, which includes illusionist Penn Jillette. Did they show Mantegna, Keitel, Gwynne, et al, another script?Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Dinner
Producer: Joe Roth, Harry J Ufland
Cast: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna, Jacques D'Amboise, James Tolkan, Amy Wright, John Turturro, Anthony Zerbe, Harvey Keitel, Fred Gwynne, Austin Pendleton, Penn Jillette, Mark Medoff full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 92 mins
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