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The Naked Gun, also known as Police Squad!, is a media franchise consisting of several American crime spoof-comedies, based on an original story written by the comedy filmmaking trio Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.
(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 involving people being mind controlled to assassinate targets.
The film lead to the Naked Gun trilogy with two sequels, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Naked Gun 33 + 1 ⁄ 3: The Final Insult (1994), were released. The Naked Gun 2 + 1 ⁄ 2: The Smell of Fear was considered the most successful of the three, grossing around $86,930,411, [36] and Naked Gun 33 + 1 ⁄ 3: The Final Insult ...
Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create a string of much-loved comedies including Airplane! and The Naked Gun, has died.He was 80. His son Joseph told The Hollywood Reporter he died of ...
A long-gestating reboot of the “Naked Gun” franchise with Liam Neeson is finally moving forward at Paramount, landing a release date of July 18, 2025. ... Dakota Fanning will star in ...
Jim Abrahams, who co-created cult classic comedies such as “Airplane!” (1980), “Hot Shots!” (1991) and “The Naked Gun” trilogy (1988-1994), died of natural causes Tuesday at 80 years ...
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 American crime comedy film. It is the sequel to the 1988 film The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! and the second (and most commercially successful) installment in the Naked Gun film series. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad!.
David Samuel Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized for collaborating with Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry as part of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, with whom he wrote and directed the 1980 film Airplane! and created The Naked Gun franchise.