Film

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 1991

Directed by David Zucker

  • Comedy, Crime
  • 85 min
  • PG-13

If you see only one movie this year... you ought to get out more often.

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.

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