The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
Directed by Airplane! directors Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker, The Naked Gun is a slapstick comedy starring Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling Detective Frank Drebin, who's tasked with stopping a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the United States. The original movie is a continuation of the Police Squad! TV show, and it spawned two direct sequels.
Naked Gun
- Director
- David Zucker
- Release Date
- December 2, 1988
- Studio(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Priscilla Presley , O.J. Simpson , George Kennedy , Leslie Nielsen , Ricardo Montalban
- Writers
- Jerry Zucker , David Zucker , Pat Profit , Jim Abrahams
- Runtime
- 85 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- The Naked Gun
- Sequel(s)
- Naked Gun 33+1/3: The Final Insult , The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
- Budget
- $12 million
Summary
Directed by Airplane! directors Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker, The Naked Gun is a slapstick comedy starring Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling Detective Frank Drebin, who's tasked with stopping a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the United States. The original movie is a continuation of the Police Squad! TV show, and it spawned two direct sequels.
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