The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad

Director: David Zucker David Zucker

Overview

Humorously oblivious police detective Frank Drebin stumbles onto a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth at a baseball game in this rapid-fire comedy from the makers of Airplane!. Continual slapstick sequences, sight gags, and broad parodies ensue as the incompetent Drebin works to foil the villainous scheme.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/20/2021
UPC:	0810072542359
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	1:24:00
Sales rank:	51,826

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Leslie Nielsen	Lt. Frank Drebin
Priscilla Presley	Jane Spencer
Ricardo Montalban	Vincent Ludwig
George Kennedy	Capt. Ed Hocken
O.J. Simpson	Det. Nordberg
Susan Beaubian	Mrs. Wilma Nordberg
Nancy Marchand	Mayor Lillian Barkley
Raye Birk	Pahpshmir
Jeannette Charles	Queen Elizabeth II
Tiny Ron	Al
"Weird Al" Yankovic	'Weird Al'
Leslie Maier	'Weird Leslie'
Winifred Freedman	Stephanie
Joe Grifasi	Foreman
Tony Brafa	Enrico Pallazzo
Lorali Hart	Woman On Ledge
Nicholas Worth	Thug #1
Ronald G. Joseph	Thug #27
Doris Hess	Nurse #2
Charlotte Zucker	Dominique,Photographer
Larry Pines	Drug Dealer #1
Tom Dugan	Drug Dealer #2
Ken Minyard	Ken
Ed Williams	Ted Olsen
David Katz	Arafat
Robert Arthur	Bob
Brett Bartlett	Seattle Centerfielder
Dennis Packer	Baseball P.A. Announcer
Dick Vitale	Baseball Announcer
Dick Enberg	Baseball Announcer
Jim Palmer	Baseball Announcer
Melvin Allen	Baseball Announcer
Tim McCarver	Baseball Announcer
Don Woodard	"There he is!"
Christopher Keene	"Please disperse. Please disperse."
Susan Breslau	"Hey, look out!"
Fredric Arnold	"Hey! What's the meaning of this?"
Edwina Moore	"Mr. Pallazzo, our head usher will be.."
Jeff Wright	"Mr. Pallazzo? Would you come with me?"
Jim Smith	"Sorry, fellas"
Mark Holton	"It's Enrico Pallazzo!"
Brinke Stevens	Girl in showers (uncredited)
Rick Seaman	'Ya dumb broad!'
Sydney Urshan	Baseball Fan with O.J.
Chuck Fick	Angels Catcher
Ira Newborn	Composer

Technical Credits

David Zucker

David Zucker	Director,Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Jim Abrahams	Executive Producer
Robert K. Weiss	Producer
Fern Champion	Casting
Pamela Basker	Casting
Ron Judkins	Sound/Sound Designer
Steve Maslow	Sound/Sound Designer
Thomas D. Causey	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

In 1982, the creators of Airplane!, Jim Abrahams and brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, were asked to translate the success of their disaster movie spoof into a weekly television series. The result was the inspired Police Squad!, a dead-on parody of prime-time cop dramas starring a veteran of series TV, the stone-faced Leslie Nielsen. Perhaps their aim was too accurate: viewers didn't respond to the deadpan wit, and the series was cancelled after only six episodes. But the show remained dear to the filmmakers, and six years later they reached a larger audience with the broader, full-length feature The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. What the film version lacked in sardonic wit, it made up with a rapid-fire onslaught of jokes -- gross-out slapstick, bad puns, and pop culture references happily co-exist, often within the same shot. This brand of humor marked a shift away from the more satirical laughs of Airplane! and Police Squad!, and it would influence a slew of Saturday Night Live-derived features, as well as the no-holds-barred Farrelly brothers comedies.