Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
“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.”
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.
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Cast
44 people
Sylvester Stallone
Joe Bomowski
Known for
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Estelle Getty
Tutti
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JoBeth Williams
Gwen Harper
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Poltergeist
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Roger Rees
Parnell
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Robin Hood: Men in Tights
The Prestige
Martin Ferrero
Paulie
Known for
Jurassic Park
Miami Vice
Gailard Sartain
Munroe
Known for
Mississippi Burning
The Patriot
John Wesley
Tony
Known for
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
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Al Fann
Lou
Known for
Frankie and Johnny
The French Connection
Ella Joyce
McCabe
Known for
Bubba Ho-tep
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J. Kenneth Campbell
Ross
Known for
The Abyss
The Changeling
Nicholas Sadler
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Known for
Scent of a Woman
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Dennis Burkley
Mitchell
Known for
King of the Hill
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Roger Spottiswoode Director · William Davies Screenplay William Osborne Screenplay
Worldwide gross $71M · Budget $45M · United States release February 21, 1992
Box office
Budget
$45,000,000
Worldwide gross
$70,611,210
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Northern Lights Entertainment
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 21, 1992
Theatrical
France
May 27, 1992 · Theatrical
October 15, 2003 · Physical · DVD
March 15, 2012 · Digital · VOD
August 17, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
March 7, 2026 · TV · RTL9
Germany
May 28, 1992 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 31, 1992 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 22, 1992 · Theatrical
August 24, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
July 5, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
May 15, 1992 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 30, 1992 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 17, 1992 · Theatrical · Cut theatrically; cuts waived on video
XC
August 6, 1992 · Theatrical
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