The Naked Gun is a series of comedy films written and produced by the
comedy filmmaking trio
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and distributed by
Paramount Pictures. It was based on their short-lived
1982 ABC television series
Police Squad!, which was cancelled after six episodes. The first two films were directed by David Zucker, and the third film was directed by
Peter Segal.
The films
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
Plots
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Detective Frank Drebin tries to uncover a plan to assassinate
Queen Elizabeth II, who is on a state visit to the USA. The main suspect is Vincent Ludwig, a man (hired by Papshmir, a recurring villain) who has a way of turning anyone into an unknowing assassin at the press of a remote control; it appears that the victims are responding to a post-hypnotic suggestion, but the film makes no effort to clarify the point. As with previous ZAZ spoof comedies, the ostensible "plot" was culled most from another - more serious - movie. In this case, it was
Telefon wherein people were triggered into assassins via hypnotic phone calls (indeed, dialogue in the '
post-hypnoptic suggestion' demonstration scene is copied word-for-word from Telefon).
