

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
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When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12M
- Box office
- $152.4M
- Language
- English
- assassination
- police
- aquarium
- satire
- parody
- slapstick comedy
- los angeles, california
- terrorism
- illegal drugs
- criminal investigation
- buddy cop
- hypnotize
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-132 Dec 1988
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1510 Feb 1989
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM9 Mar 1989
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical19 Jan 1989
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL6 Jan 1989
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical25 Dec 1988
CzechiaCZ
- Physical1 Mar 1994
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical117 Apr 1989
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-125 May 1989
FranceFR
- TheatricalU1 Mar 1989
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1227 Apr 1989
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1212 Oct 1989
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! was released on 2 December 1988.
Audience reviews
5- N10/10
Nutshell
7/16/2019
One of the funniest and most politically incorrect movies ever made, and yes it's more than a bit crass... The laughs come rapid-fire and never let up for an instant. Leslie Nielsen is brilliant, and within 15 minutes or so you feel you know Frank Drebin inside and out. The supporting cast is also excellent, notably Ricardo Montalban and Priscilla Presley. There are too many hilarious scenes to even think of listing …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/10/2022
Leslie Nielsen is on great form here as the hapless "Lt. Drebin" charged with the security of Queen Elizabeth on Her Majesty's forthcoming visit to Los Angeles. Unfortunately for him, criminal mastermind "Ludwig" (Ricardo Montalban) has been offered $20 million if he arranges for her assassination. Can "Drebin" and his boss "Hocken" (George Kennedy) thwart this complicated and dastardly plan? Well the Queen has just …
- F5/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
11/22/2023
**Another interesting comedy with Leslie Nielsen.** This film is one of those comedies that established the humor of Leslie Nielsen, an actor who would become one of the most relevant in North American comedy in the 80s and 90s. His comic vein may not be to everyone's liking, with the quick succession of jokes and the very recurrent choice of nonsense or “slapstick” humor. However, we have to accept the fact that …
- R8/10
r96sk
6/9/2024
<em>'The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'</em> is very well done. Amusing viewing! Leslie Nielsen kills it in the lead role, I hear that Liam Neeson is doing the remake next year and, you know what, I can see it. O. J. Simpson and Priscilla Presley are quite the interesting other cast members, while George Kennedy is a good fit for his role alongside Nielsen. Ricardo Montalbán works well too. I do li…
- K8/10
kevin2019
10/18/2024
"The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!" continues the tradition established by the enormously successful "Airplane!" (1980) and it is a fast paced comedy where the unceasing stream of wacky and off-beat humour works a treat. The filmmakers have turned their attention to cop movies for inspiration this time around and instead of lampooning such films the ridiculous set-piece sequences on offer here are broade…
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