The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! [Blu-ray]

Director: David Zucker, Edward Dew, Eddie Dew

Overview

Humorously oblivious police detective Frank Drebin stumbles onto a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth at a baseball game in this rapid-fire comedy from the makers of Airplane!. Continual slapstick sequences, sight gags, and broad parodies ensue as the incompetent Drebin works to foil the villainous scheme.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/25/2011
UPC:	0097361538044
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Sales rank:	48,487

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Leslie Nielsen	Lt. Frank Drebin
Priscilla Presley	Jane Spencer
Ricardo Montalban	Victor Ludwig
George Kennedy	Capt. Ed Hocken
O.J. Simpson	Nordberg
Nancy Marchand	Mayor of L.A.
Susan Beaubian	Mrs. Nordberg
Raye Birk	Pahpshmir
Jeannette Charles	Queen Elizabeth II
John Houseman	Driving Instructor
Reggie Jackson	Right Fielder
Curt Gowdy	Baseball Announcer
Al Yankovic	'Weird Al'
Joyce Brothers	Baseball Announcer
Ken Minyard	Ken
Bob Arthur	Bob
Tiny Ron	Actor
Leslie Maier	Actor
Winifred Freedman	Actor
Joe Grifasi	Foreman
Tony Brafa	Enrico Pallazzo
Lorali Hart	Woman On Ledge
Nicholas Worth	Thug #1
Ronald G. Joseph	Thug #27
Doris Hess	Nurse #2
Charlotte Zucker	Dominique,Photographer
Ed Williams	Ted Olsen
David Katz	Arafat
Larry Pines	Drug Dealer #1
Robert Arthur	Bob
Tom Dugan	Drug Dealer #2
Brett Bartlett	Seattle Centerfielder
Charles Gherardi	Khomeini
Dennis Packer	Baseball P.A. Announcer
Dick Vitale	Baseball Announcer
Prince Hughes	Idi Amin
Dick Enberg	Baseball Announcer
Jim Palmer	Baseball Announcer
Melvin Allen	Baseball Announcer
Tim McCarver	Baseball Announcer
Don Woodard	"There he is!"
Christopher Keene	"Please disperse. Please disperse."
Willard Parker	Jane Spencer
Mara Corday	Captain Ed Hocken
Susan Breslau	"Hey, look out!"
Barton MacLane	Mayor
Fredric Arnold	"Hey! What's the meaning of this?"
Billy House	Nordberg
Edwina Moore	"Mr. Pallazzo, our head usher will be.."
Jeff Wright	"Mr. Pallazzo? Would you come with me?"
Veda Ann Borg	Mrs. Nordberg
Jim Smith	"Sorry, fellas"
Lawrence Tierney	Angels Manager
Hank Robinson	First Base Umpire
Mark Holton	"It's Enrico Pallazzo!"
Brinke Stevens	Girl in showers (uncredited)
Rick Seaman	'Ya dumb broad!'
Sydney Urshan	Baseball Fan with O.J.
Chuck Fick	Angels Catcher
Ira Newborn	Composer

Technical Credits

Jerry Zucker

Jim Abrahams

Pat Proft

Jerry Zucker	Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Robert K. Weiss	Producer
Jim Abrahams	Executive Producer,Screenwriter,Producer
Pat Proft	Screenwriter
Brian J. Williams	Stunts
Bruce A. Block	Special Effects
Thomas Causey	Sound Effects
Greg Curda	Sound Effects
Cliff Wenger	Special Effects
Conrad E. Palmisano	Stunts
John D. Schofield	Producer
Kevin Marcy	Producer
Fern Champion	Casting
Pamela Basker	Casting
Ron Judkins	Sound/Sound Designer
Steve Maslow	Sound/Sound Designer
Thomas D. Causey	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

In 1982, the creators of Airplane!, Jim Abrahams and brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, were asked to translate the success of their disaster movie spoof into a weekly television series. The result was the inspired Police Squad!, a dead-on parody of prime-time cop dramas starring a veteran of series TV, the stone-faced Leslie Nielsen. Perhaps their aim was too accurate: viewers didn't respond to the deadpan wit, and the series was cancelled after only six episodes. But the show remained dear to the filmmakers, and six years later they reached a larger audience with the broader, full-length feature The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. What the film version lacked in sardonic wit, it made up with a rapid-fire onslaught of jokes -- gross-out slapstick, bad puns, and pop culture references happily co-exist, often within the same shot. This brand of humor marked a shift away from the more satirical laughs of Airplane! and Police Squad!, and it would influence a slew of Saturday Night Live-derived features, as well as the no-holds-barred Farrelly brothers comedies.