This article is about the franchise. For the first film in the franchise, see The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! For the unrelated 1956 western film, see Naked Gun (1956 film).
The Naked Gun
Created by
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker
Original work
Police Squad! (1982)
Owner
Paramount Global
Films and television
Film(s)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994)
Television series
Police Squad! (1982)
Miscellaneous
Starring
Leslie Nielsen
Various actors (See detailed list)
Budget
$65 million[citation needed](Total of 3 films)
Box office
$477 million (Total of 3 films)
The Naked Gun media franchise, also known as Police Squad!, consists of several American crime spoof-comedies, based on an original story written by the comedy filmmaking trio Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. The installments include one television series and three theatrical films. The plot centers on a police detective with a lot of heart, despite being less-than intelligent. Leslie Nielsen stars in each installment in the protagonist role of Detective Sergeant Franklin "Frank" Drebin, with a fourth film starring Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. scheduled for release in 2025.
The franchise was met with mostly positive critical reception,[1][2][3] and the films were a financial box office success.
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Best Screenplay) and TheNakedGun series. The team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (also referred to as "ZAZ") really began when the three men grew up together...
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known works. The picture has been parodied several times, including for advertising NakedGun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994). This led to the 1998 Second...
in the Police Squad! television series and TheNakedGun movies played by Leslie Nielsen. The character of Frank Drebin was first introduced in the six...
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Trek: Voyager, and as Al, the very tall police detective whose face is always out of frame in the Police Squad! and TheNakedGun franchise. His roles tended...
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composing the soundtrack for theNakedGun series of police satires starring Leslie Nielsen. Newborn's brassy big band/blues theme song for the franchise...
in the werewolf comedies Teen Wolf (1985), and Teen Wolf Too (1987). His mainstream visibility grew with supporting roles in TheNakedGun: From the Files...
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