The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

The Naked Gun:
From the Files of Police Squad!
The Naked Gun:; From the Files of Police Squad!
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Zucker
Written by	Jerry Zucker; Jim Abrahams; David Zucker; Pat Proft;
Based on	Police Squad!; by David Zucker; Jim Abrahams; Jerry Zucker;
Produced by	Robert K. Weiss
Starring	Leslie Nielsen
Cinematography	Robert M. Stevens
Edited by	Michael Jablow
Music by	Ira Newborn
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 2, 1988;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million[citation needed]
Box office	$152.4 million

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (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. Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalbán, George Kennedy, and O. J. Simpson also star in supporting roles.

The film features fast-paced slapstick comedy, including many visual and verbal puns and gags. The film is based on the character portrayed by Nielsen in the television series Police Squad!, and is also a continuation of the latter.^[2] The core creative team behind Police Squad! and the film series includes the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ) as well as Pat Proft in varying combinations.^[3] Released on December 2, 1988, The Naked Gun was a critical and commercial success, which led to two sequels: The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994).