Kindergarten Cop

1990 film directed by Ivan Reitman

Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 American action comedy movie directed by Ivan Reitman. It is about two undercover cops from Los Angeles pretending to be teachers at an elementary school in Astoria, Oregon to find the ex-wife of a drug dealer, who wants to kidnap their son. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker, Linda Hunt and Matthew Lillard are in the cast. The movie was released in December 1990. It received mixed reviews by critics.[5] However, the movie earned over $200 million at the box office, making the movie very successful.[4]

Kindergarten Cop
Directed byIvan Reitman
Screenplay by
  • Murray Salem
  • Herschel Weingrod
  • Timothy Harris
Story byMurray Salem
Produced by
  • Ivan Reitman
  • Brian Grazer
Starring
CinematographyMichael Chapman
Edited by
  • Wendy Greene Bricmont
  • Sheldon Kahn
Music byRandy Edelman
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 21, 1990 (1990-12-21)
Running time
111 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$26 million[2]
Box office$202 million[3][4]

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