A tough police sergeant's overbearing mother comes to visit him and begins to meddle in his life and career.
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Title: Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
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| Sylvester Stallone | ... | ||
| Estelle Getty | ... | ||
| JoBeth Williams | ... | ||
| Roger Rees | ... | ||
| Martin Ferrero | ... | ||
| Gailard Sartain | ... | ||
| John Wesley | ... | ||
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Al Fann | ... | |
| Ella Joyce | ... | ||
| J. Kenneth Campbell | ... | ||
| Nicholas Sadler | ... | ||
| Dennis Burkley | ... | ||
| Ving Rhames | ... | ||
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A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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Detective Joe Bomowski's mom is in town for a visit. She did the laundry, washed the windows and scrubbed the floors. Now, she's gonna clean up the streets.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 February 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Arrête, ou ma mère va tirer! See more »Box Office
Gross:
$28,411,210 (USA)Company Credits
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Words by Sid Robin
Music by Charles Shavers
Performed by The Ames Brothers
Courtesy of MCA Records
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Martin Ferrero, who plays the villain Paulie, played Donald Gennaro in Jurassic Park. Richard Schiff, who plays a gun clerk, was Eddie Carr in its sequel, The Lost World. See more »Goofs
Walking out of the Police Dept. when Joey's mom opens the car door the window is up, after she gets into the car its down even though the car is not running. See more »Quotes
Tutti Bomowski: [singing softly and contentedly as she sloshes and scrubs Joe's prized .45 in the dishpan] This is the way we wash our gun... wash our gun... wash our gun...See more »
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UndecidedWords by Sid Robin
Music by Charles Shavers
Performed by The Ames Brothers
Courtesy of MCA Records
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I had to give this movie a 6 out of 10.
The story was corny, the plot was predictable. The supporting cast was lacking. This is not a thriller or an intelligent movie. It is a B comedy., at best.
But the interaction between Stallone and Getty was fantastic. They play their roles to perfection as anyone from the Northern New Jersey area can attest. They were believable. They were hysterical.
I would watch this again, just to watch Stallone and Getty play the mom and son role so true to life. They made us cringe. We really felt for Stallone as the son. They made us laugh non stop.