Leslie Nielsen
Lt. Frank Drebin
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Dec 2, 1988 · The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!: Directed by David Zucker. With Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy. Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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- Comedy, Crime
- David Zucker
- 1988-12-02
Box office. $152.4 million. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (also known as simply The Naked Gun) is a 1988 American crime comedy film directed by David Zucker, and produced and released by Paramount Pictures. [1] The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling police lieutenant Frank Drebin, who sets out to uncover a criminal plot ...
This film is one of those comedies that established the humor of Leslie Nielsen, an actor who would become one of the most relevant in North American comedy in the 80s and 90s. His comic vein may not be to everyone's liking, with the quick succession of jokes and the very recurrent choice of nonsense or “slapstick” humor.
The Naked Gun is a hilarious spoof of police detective movies, starring Leslie Nielsen as the clueless Frank Drebin, who tries to stop a mind control plot by a business tycoon. With a witty script ...
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- David Zucker
- PG-13
- Leslie Nielsen
Detective Frank Drebin must stop an assassination plot. 2,787 IMDb 7.6 1 h 24 min 1988. PG-13. Comedy · Strange · Campy · Exciting. Available to rent or buy. Rent.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Stopping the plot to assassinate the Queen, solving the attack on Nordberg, and romancing Jane Spencer are all in a day's work for Drebin, along with several laughs along the way. — garykmcd. With the imminent arrival of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II to Los Angeles, the bumbling police lieutenant, Frank Drebin, has his work cut out for him.
