The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun media franchise of some American crime spoof-comedies. They were written and directed by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. 

The franchise includes one television series and three theatrical movies. They are about a police detective who is not very smart, but is kind. Leslie Nielsen plays Detective Sergeant Franklin "Frank" Drebin. A fourth movie starring Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. was released in 2025. 

Movies
 Title U.S. release date Director Screenwriters Story by Producer(s) The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!  David Zucker Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Pat Proft Robert K. Weiss The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear  David Zucker & Pat Proft Naked Gun : The Final Insult  Peter Segal Pat Proft and David Zucker & Robert LoCash Robert K. Weiss and David Zucker The Naked Gun  Akiva Schaffer Akiva Schaffer and Dan Gregor & Doug Mand and Mark Hentemann & Alec Sulkin  Seth MacFarlane Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins

Critical response
 Title Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore Police Squad! 91% (32 reviews)   The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 88% (142 reviews) 76 (13 reviews) A−The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 77% (111 reviews) 65 (21 reviews) B+ Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult 65% (66 reviews) 63 (21 reviews) B+ The Naked Gun 90% (203 reviews) 75 (47 reviews) A−

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