Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 comedy thriller film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough loner police detective, who must go undercover as a kindergarten teacher to catch drug dealer Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson), before Crisp can get to his ex-wife and son, while along the way discovers his passion for teaching. Pamela Reed plays his partner Phoebe O'Hara, a teacher-turned-cop and Penelope Ann Miller plays Joyce, the teacher who becomes Kimble's love interest. The original music score was composed by Randy Edelman. Schwarzenegger received a salary of $12 million for the film.

Plot

The taciturn, stubborn, autocratic, violent Police Detective John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has pursued drug dealer Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) for years. He finally arrests Crisp for murder of an informant who has brought news of his enstranged wife's whereabouts, but is unable to convict him due to the refusal of a witness, a girl drug addict named Cindy, to identify the killer. After Kimble psychologically humbles Cindy, Crisp is identified in a police line-up and placed in custody. Kimble, accompanied by Detective Phoebe O'Hara (Pamela Reed), is then ordered to go undercover in Astoria, Oregon, to find Crisp's ex-wife Rachel Myatt and their son, who are hiding from him, and offer her a deal to testify against Cullen. Since their appearance is not known to them, O'Hara is to act as the substitute teacher of the son's kindergarten class at Astoria Elementary School, while Kimble has to track down the identity of the mother, who is believed to have stolen money from Crisp.