

When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the bad guys to justice.
Direction
Henry Winkler's only theatrical feature. The Fonz directed this. Let that sink in.
Writing
Devon's 'tough kid' dialogue written by adults who've never met children.

Director
Henry Winkler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Burt Reynolds's attempt at family-friendly redemption after his messy divorce from Loni Anderson. It did not work.
The film bombed so hard ($40M budget, $40M domestic) that it killed the 'kid cop' subgenre before it started. You're welcome, 'Kindergarten Cop'.