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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)

PG_13  87 min  -  Action | Comedy   -  21 February 1992 (USA)
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A tough detective's mother comes to visit him and begins to meddle in his life and career.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sylvester Stallone ...
Estelle Getty Estelle Getty ...
JoBeth Williams ...
Roger Rees ...
Martin Ferrero ...
Gailard Sartain ...
John Wesley ...
Al Fann Al Fann ...
Lou
Ella Joyce ...
J. Kenneth Campbell ...
Nicholas Sadler ...
Dennis Burkley Dennis Burkley ...
Ving Rhames ...
Jana Arnold Jana Arnold ...
Chris Latta Chris Latta ...
Gang Member (as Christopher Collins)
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Storyline

A tough detective'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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Plot Keywords:

Police | Tough Cop | Gun | Machine Gun | Gunfight  | See more »

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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.

Genres:

Action | Comedy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for a scene of nudity See all certifications »
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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Arrête, ou ma mère va tirer! See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$42,200,000 (Worldwide) (1992) (except USA)
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Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

There was an elaborate scene where Sylvester Stallone's character crashes a garbage truck through the wall of an art gallery that was cut out of this movie. The art gallery owner was played by Scott Shaw. It is said this scene will accompany future releases of this film's DVD. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: 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...
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Soundtracks

"Undecided"
Words by Sid Robin
Music by Charles Shavers
Performed by The Ames Brothers
Courtesy of MCA Records See more »