The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun is an American crime spoof comedy franchise created by the filmmaking trio of Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker, built on slapstick parody of police procedurals. It began in 1982 with the ABC television series Police Squad!, starring Leslie Nielsen as bumbling Detective Frank Drebin, which was canceled after six episodes but was revived in 1988 as a feature film. Nielsen reprised Drebin across the original television run and the first three films, and the franchise has since grown to four theatrical films, including a 2025 continuation starring Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr., plus a video game tie in. Despite the short life of the original show, both the television series and every film in the series have been commercially successful, sustaining the property across more than four decades.