The Naked Gun

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox media franchise The Naked Gun, also known as Police Squad!, is a media franchise consisting of several American crime spoof-comedies, created by the comedy filmmaking trio Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. The installments include one television series, four theatrical films, and a video game. The plot centers on a police detective with a lot of heart, despite having many innocent but comical mishaps. Leslie Nielsen stars in the television series and the first three films as the protagonist Detective Sergeant Frank Drebin; a fourth film starring Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. is scheduled for release in 2025. The franchise was met with a mixed-to-positive critical reception,[1][2][3] and the films were a financial box office success.

Television

Police Squad! (1982)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Police Squad is an American crime parody television series that was broadcast on ABC in 1982. The series starred Leslie Nielsen as Franklin "Frank" Drebin, and was co-created and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. Parodying police procedurals, the series featured the use of sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs. Although the show was canceled after six episodes, it was later followed by the successful Naked Gun film series, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #7 on its list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".[4]

Film

Title U.S.
release date 		Director Screenwriters Story by Producer(s)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". David Zucker Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Pat Proft Robert K. Weiss
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". David Zucker & Pat Proft
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peter Segal Pat Proft
and David Zucker & Robert LoCash 		Robert K. Weiss and David Zucker
The Naked Gun Template:Dts Akiva Schaffer Akiva Schaffer
and Dan Gregor & Doug Mand 		Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins

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

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) tries to uncover a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II, who is on an official visit to the United States. The main suspect is Vincent Ludwig, a rich businessman (Ricardo Montalbán), who uses a hypnotic device to turn others into murderers. On the case, Drebin falls in love with Ludwig's assistant, Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley). She knows nothing about Ludwig's plot, and after the pair spends the night together, Jane helps with Frank's investigation. As with previous ZAZ spoof comedies, the plot was mostly culled from a more serious film, in this case Telefon.

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Frank discovers that Jane's new boyfriend, Quentin Hapsburg (Robert Goulet), is involved in an evil plan to kidnap Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer (Richard Griffiths), a scientist whom President George H. W. Bush (John Roarke) has chosen to determine a new national energy policy. Hapsburg plans to kidnap the real Dr. Meinheimer and replace him with a lookalike named Earl Hacker (also portrayed by Griffiths) who will endorse an energy policy according to the dictates of the energy lobby.

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". In the third film of the series, Frank is married to Jane, and he has retired from Police Squad. The film introduces the criminal Rocco Dillon (Fred Ward), who is stuck in prison. He is contacted by someone called Papshmir to be given a target for a bombing. Frank is pulled out of retirement. He goes undercover pretending to be a prisoner named "Nick 'the Slasher' McGurk Jr., III" at the jail where Dillon is being held, and they break out of jail. Outside they are escorted by Dillon's gangster mother (Kathleen Freeman) to his country retreat, where Frank also meets Rocco's voluptuous moll (Anna Nicole Smith). The gang plots to blow up the Academy Awards. When Jane arrives looking for Frank, she is taken hostage.

The Naked Gun (2025)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". After years of aborted attempts at a new film, a sequel was greenlit in 2022. Directed by Akiva Schaffer and written by Schaffer, Dan Gregor, and Doug Mand, the film stars Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. [5] Principal photography was tentatively scheduled for summer 2023.[6] Principal photography ran from May to June 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.[7] The film is scheduled for release on August 1, 2025.[8][9]

Video games

The Naked Gun: ICUP (2012)

The Naked Gun: ICUP, a point-and-click adventure game, was released by Gamecentric Media and Paramount for iOS, Android, and Windows in 2012.[10] The story and concept were penned by Robert LoCash, a writer of the Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.[11] Due to Leslie Nielsen's death in 2010, voice actor A.J. LoCascio took over as Frank Drebin Jr., the son of the original character. The game received an average score of 60 on the review aggregator Metacritic.[12]

Recurring cast and characters

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Character Television Film Video game
Police Squad! The Naked Gun:
From the Files of Police Squad!Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		The Naked Gun 2½:
The Smell of FearScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Naked Gun 33⅓:
The Final InsultScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		The Naked Gun The Naked Gun:
I.C.U.P.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1982Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1988Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1994Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2025Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2012Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Det. Lt. Franklin "Frank" Drebin Leslie Nielsen colspan="2" Template:NA
Cpt. Ed Hocken Alan North George Kennedy colspan="2" Template:NA
Det. Fred Nordberg Peter Lupus O. J. Simpson colspan="2" Template:NA
Ted Olson, Scientist Ed Williams colspan="2" Template:CEmpty
Al Ronald "Tiny Ron" Taylor colspan="4" Template:CEmpty
Johnny the Snitch William Duell colspan="5" Template:CEmpty
Jane Spencer-Drebin Template:CEmpty Priscilla Presley TBA Template:CEmpty
"Weird Al" Yankovic Template:CEmpty HimselfC Police station thug HimselfC colspan="2" Template:CEmpty
Papshmir Template:CEmpty Raye Birk Template:CEmpty Raye Birk colspan="2" Template:CEmpty
Vincent Ludwig Template:CEmpty Ricardo Montalbán colspan="4" Template:CEmpty
Mayor Lillian Barkley Template:CEmpty Nancy Marchand colspan="4" Template:CEmpty
Dominique Template:CEmpty Charlotte Zucker colspan="4" Template:CEmpty
Queen Elizabeth II Template:CEmpty Jeannette Charles colspan="4" Template:CEmpty
Quentin Hapsburg colspan="2" Template:CEmpty Robert Goulet colspan="4" Template:CEmpty
Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer colspan="2" Template:CEmpty Richard Griffiths colspan="3" Template:CEmpty
Earl Hacker colspan="2" Template:CEmpty colspan="3" Template:CEmpty
Commissioner Anabell Brumford colspan="2" Template:CEmpty Jacqueline Brookes colspan="3" Template:CEmpty
Hector Savage colspan="2" Template:CEmpty Anthony James colspan="3" Template:CEmpty
Terence Baggett colspan="2" Template:CEmpty Lloyd Bochner colspan="3" Template:CEmpty
Franklin "Frank" Drebin Jr. colspan="3" Template:CEmpty Adam Hasart
Uncredited infantScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Liam Neeson A.J. LoCascio
Rocco Dillon colspan="3" Template:CEmpty Fred Ward colspan="2" Template:CEmpty
Muriel Dillon colspan="3" Template:CEmpty Kathleen Freeman colspan="2" Template:CEmpty
Tanya Peters colspan="3" Template:CEmpty Anna Nicole Smith colspan="2" Template:CEmpty
Louise colspan="3" Template:CEmpty Ellen Greene colspan="2" Template:CEmpty
Beth colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Pamela Anderson Template:CEmpty
Cpt. Ed Hocken Jr. colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Paul Walter Hauser Matthew Faulkner
Det. Fred Nordberg Jr. colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Moses Jones Michael Sweeney
TBA colspan="4" Template:CEmpty CCH Pounder Template:CEmpty
colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Kevin Durand Template:CEmpty
colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Cody Rhodes Template:CEmpty
colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Liza Koshy Template:CEmpty
colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Eddy Yu Template:CEmpty
colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Busta Rhymes Template:CEmpty
colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Danny Huston Template:CEmpty
Ellen colspan="5" Template:CEmpty Alison Haislip
Bella colspan="5" Template:CEmpty Michelle Jones
Ken Wong colspan="5" Template:CEmpty Andrew Bush

Additional crew and production details

Title Crew/Detail
Composer Cinematographer Editor(s) Production
companies 		Distributing
company 		Running time
Police Squad! Ira Newborn Sherman Kunkel Tom Benko,
and Malcolm Campbell 		Paramount Television American Broadcasting Company,
CBS Television Distribution 		144 minutes
(24 mins/episodes)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Naked Gun:
From the Files of Police Squad!Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Robert M. Stevens Michael Jablow Paramount Pictures Corp.[13] Paramount 85 minutes
The Naked Gun 2½:
The Smell of FearScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Christopher Greenbury
& James R. Symons 		Paramount Pictures,
Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker Productions[14] 		Paramount Pictures Corporation
Naked Gun 33⅓:
The Final InsultScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		James R. Symons Paramount Pictures 83 minutes
The Naked Gun Joel McNeely Brandon Trost Brian Scott Olds Paramount Pictures,
Fuzzy Door Productions 		Paramount Pictures TBA

Reception

Box office performance

Film US/Canada gross International gross Total gross
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! $78,756,177[15] $73,689,000[16] $152,445,177
The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear $86,930,411[17] $105,310,000[16][18] $192,240,411
Naked Gun 33 1⁄3: The Final Insult $51,132,598[19] $81,273,000[16] $132,405,598
Total $216,819,186 $260,272,000 $477,091,186

Critical and public response

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Title Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore[20]
Police Squad! 90% (31 reviews)[21] — —
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 86% (57 reviews)[1] 76 (13 reviews)[22] A−
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 58% (45 reviews)[2] 65 (21 reviews)[23] B+
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult 58% (38 reviews)[3] 63 (21 reviews)[24] B+
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