The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 American comedy film that is the first in a The Naked Gun series of films starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, and O. J. Simpson. The three films chronicle the adventures of Nielsen's character, the bumbling police Lieutenant Frank Drebin. The film series is based on the character created by Nielsen in the television series Police Squad!. The core creative team behind Police Squad! and the movie series includes the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker as well as Pat Proft in varying combinations.... The films feature fast-paced slapstick comedy, including a lot of visual and verbal puns and gags. The film begins in Beirut, Lebanon, where a group of anti-American leaders including Ayatollah Khomeini, Mikhail Gorbachev, Yasser Arafat, Muammar Gaddafi, Fidel Castro, and Idi Amin meet to plan the ultimate terrorist act against the United States. The man who is later shown to be Pahpshmir is also present.
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| Release date: | December 2, 1988 |
| Directed by: | David Zucker |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 85 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert K. Weiss |
| Editor: | Michael Jablow |
| Music by: | Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography: | Robert M. Stevens |
| Screenplay by: | Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Pat Proft |
| Estimated budget: | $12,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Police Squad! |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |