The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988
Directed by David Zucker
- Comedy, Crime
- 86 min
- PG-13
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When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
ComedyCrimeassassinationpoliceaquariumbaseballsatireparodyslapstick comedylos angeles, californiaterrorismillegal drugscriminal investigationbuddy cop
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Character
Comic, ironic, cool and relentless.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
42 profiled raters. Loved most by The Archivists; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Leslie NielsenFrank Drebin
- Priscilla PresleyJane Spencer
- Ricardo MontalbanVincent Ludwig
- George KennedyEd Hocken
- O. J. SimpsonNordberg
- Susan BeaubianMrs. Nordberg
- Nancy MarchandMayor
- Raye BirkPahpshmir
- Jeannette CharlesQueen Elizabeth II
- Ed WilliamsTed Olsen
Crew
- David ZuckerDirector
- Jim AbrahamsWriter
- Jerry ZuckerWriter
- Pat ProftWriter
- Robert M. StevensDirector of Photography
- Robert C. ThomasDirector of Photography
- Ira NewbornOriginal Music Composer
- Michael JablowEditor
- Robert K. WeissProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
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