Fails the Bechdel test
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986. Directed by Jerry Paris, written by Neal Israel and Pat Proft and Gene Quintano.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
After completing their mission in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985), Officer Carey Mahoney, and the rest of the original graduates from Commandant Eric Lassard's Police Academy (1984) find themselves with their backs to the wall. It seems that, due to funding cutbacks, there can only be one police institution in the city, and Commandants Lassard and Mauser must do their best to get Governor Neilson's approval. Of course, conniving Mauser has already concocted an ingeniously evil plan to sabotage his rivals. Can Mahoney, along with a handful of recruits, save the day and their beloved academy?
- Released
- 21 Mar 1986
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 5.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 33 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mauser 40 lines, man
- Mahoney 31 lines, man
- Lassard 23 lines, man
- Hedges 17 lines, man
- Hurst 14 lines, man
- Proctor 14 lines, man
- Karen 13 lines
- Max 13 lines, man
- Blanks 12 lines, man
- Jones 12 lines, man
Full cast, 53 people
- Steve Guttenberg as Carey Mahoney
- Bubba Smith as Moses Hightower
- David Graf as Tackleberry
- Michael Winslow as Larvell Jones
- Marion Ramsey as Laverne Hooks
- Leslie Easterbrook as Lieutenant Callahan
- Art Metrano as Commandant Mauser
- Tim Kazurinsky as Cadet Sweetchuck
- Bobcat Goldthwait as Cadet Zed
- George Gaynes as Commandant Lassard
- Shawn Weatherly as Cadet Adams
- Scott Thomson as Sergeant Copeland
- Brant von Hoffman as Sergeant Blanks
- Bruce Mahler as Doug Fackler
- Ed Nelson as Governor Neilson
- Debralee Scott as Cadet Fackler
- Lance Kinsey as Lieutenant Proctor
- Brian Tochi as Cadet Nogata
- Andrew Paris as Cadet Kirkland
- George R. Robertson as Chief Hurst
- Georgina Spelvin as Hooker
- David Huband as Cadet Hedges
- R. Christopher Thomas as Cadet Baxter #1
- David James Elliott as Cadet Baxter #2
- Arthur Batanides as Mr. Kirkland
- Jack Creley as Mr. Bellows
- Rita Tuckett as Ms. Tyler
- Chas Lawther as Mr. Delaney
- Lyn Jackson as Ms. Click
- Mary Ann Coles as Mrs. Hurst
- Sam Stone as Cabbie
- Grant Cowan as Line-Up Room Victim
- Bruce Pirie as Line-Up Room Cop
- Doug Lennox as Axe Murderer
- Theo Caesar as Tommy
- Susan DeRyck as Basketball Player
- Marcia Watkins as Sarah
- Pam Hyatt as Sarah's Mother
- Fran Gebhard as Woman at Cafe
- Les Nirenberg as Man with Cigar
- Gloria Summers as Maid
- Fred Livingstone as Elderly Man
- Gladys O'Connor as Woman at Phone Booth
- Elias Zarou as Hotel Manager
- Gary Flanagan as Bartender
- Pierre Berube as Boy on Bicycle
- Peter Colvey as Gang Member #1
- Alex Pauljuk as Gang Member #2
- Anton Tyukodi as Purse Snatcher
- Jean Frenette as Karate Instructor (uncredited)
- Paul Maslansky as Man #4 in Police Line-up (uncredited)
- Jerry Paris as Priest in Police Line-up (uncredited)
- T.J. Scott as Robber (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 32% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 100
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 to 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 to 12 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 to 15 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 to 18 | 5 | 24 |
| 19 to 21 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 8 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 11 |
| 34 to 36 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 to 39 | 1 | 14 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 5 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 to 48 | 2 | 19 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 6 |
| 52 to 54 | 1 | 12 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 5 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 63 | 3 | 2 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 18 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 18 |
| 70 to 72 | 2 | 11 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 6 |
| 76 to 78 | 2 | 6 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 10 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 2 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 5 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 5 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 7 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 6 |
| 100 to 100 | 0 | 3 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 13 are women's.
38 lines from women, 262 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
14 women and 39 men in the cast. 4 women and 26 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 17 of 439.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 51 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 11% of the words (484), men 89% (4,113). Women have 13% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
41
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 9 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 9% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jerry Paris (man)
- Written by
- Gene Quintano (man)
- Produced by
- Paul Maslansky (man)
- Shot by
- Robert Saad (gender not listed)
- Edited by
- Bud Molin (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Robert Folk (man)
- Production design by
- Trevor Williams (man)
- Cast by
- Pamela Basker (gender not listed), Fern Champion (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
1 women, 33 men, 22 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 15 men, 10 not listed
-
Production
4 women, 6 men, 8 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 4 men, 10 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 5 men, 6 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 5 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Leslie Easterbrook 37, Marion Ramsey 38
Men
Bobcat Goldthwait 23, Steve Guttenberg 27, Michael Winslow 27, David Graf 35, Tim Kazurinsky 36, Bubba Smith 41, Art Metrano 49, George Gaynes 68
Exhibit G: the money
It made 9.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $108 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 100 scenes and 439 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
