The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Directed by

David Zucker

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 4,554 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling police lieutenant named Frank Drebin stumbles through a crime investigation. He accidentally causes chaos while trying to solve the case.

sillyfast-pacedlightheartedzanyabsurdcomedicslapstick

What happens

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 American crime comedy film directed by David Zucker, and produced and released by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling police lieutenant Frank Drebin. The film features fast-paced slapstick comedy, including many visual and verbal puns and gags. The film is based on the character portrayed by Nielsen in the television series Police Squad!, and is also a continuation of the latter. The core creative team behind Police Squad! and the film series includes the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ) as well as Pat Proft in varying combinations. Released on December 2, 1988, The Naked Gun was a critical and commercial success, which led to two sequels: The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994). It is now considered one of the greatest comedy films of all time. A fourth film, a legacy sequel directed and co-written by Akiva Schaffer and starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, was released in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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