NAKED GUN, THE: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD!
Air Date/Released |
Friday, December 2, 1988 |
Station/Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
Det. Frank Dreben must stop an assassination plot against Queen Elizabeth during her visit to the United States.
The film’s opening scene has Dreben infiltrating a conference of United States’ enemies. He attacks Ayatollah Khomeini with some Three Stooges schtick… the up-and-down hand waves and a Moe Howard eye-poke.
Khomeini is played by Charles Gherardi, husband of Three Stooges supporting actress Beverly Warren (THREE LOAN WOLVES).
Cast: Leslie Nielsen (Frank Drebin), Priscilla Presley (Jane Spencer), Ricardo Montalban (Vincent Ludwig), George Kennedy (Ed Hocken), O. J. Simpson (Nordberg), Susan Beaubian (Mrs. Nordberg), Nancy Marchand (Mayor), Raye Birk (Pahpshmir), Jeannette Charles (Queen Elizabeth), Ed Williams (Ted Olsen), Tiny Ron (Al), ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic (Himself), Leslie Maier (‘Weird Leslie’), Winifred Freedman (Stephie), Joe Grifasi (Foreman), Tony Brafa (Enrico Pallazzo), Lorali Hart (Woman on ledge), Nicholas Worth (Thug # 1), Ronald G. Joseph (Thug # 27), Doris Hess (Nurse # 2), Charlotte Zucker (Dominique), Larry Pines (Drug dealer # 1), Tom Dugan (Drug dealer # 2), Burton Zucker (Photographer), David Katz (Arafat), Robert LuJane (Khadafi), Charles Gherardi (Khomeini), Prince Hughes (Idi Amin), David Lloyd Austin (Gorbachev), Ken Minyard (Ken), Robert Arthur (Bob), Reggie Jackson (Angels right fielder), Michael J. Montes (Angels shortstop), Charles Fick (Angels catcher), Randy Harvey (Angels pitcher), Lawrence Tierney (Angels manager), Hank Robinson (1st base umpire), Joe West (3rd base umpire), Jay Johnstone (Seattle 1st up), Brett Bartlett (Seattle center fielder), Dennis Packer (Baseball P.A. announcer), Dick Vitale, Dick Enberg, Jim Palmer, Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy, Tim McCarver, Jesse Ventura, Joyce Brothers (Game announcers), Don Woodard (Airport reporter), Christopher J. Keene (Policeman at docks), Mary Norman (City Hall official), Susan Breslau, Fredric Arnold (Passersby), Rick Seaman (Truck driver), Ron Tank (Reporter), Mallory Sandler (Nurse), Jeff Wright, Edwina Moore (Ushers), Jim Smith (Janitor), Mark Holton, Jane Couris (Spectators), Jacqueline Barrymore (Girl with flowers), Arthur Lamont Berger (Hugging woman), Maureen Flaherty (Woman), David Gale (Man on Queen’s dais), John Houseman (Driving instructor), Kenny Kaiser, Ron Luciano, USC Trojan Marching Band (Themselves), Stuart Lancaster (Toilet voiceover), Conrad E. Palmisano (Taurus driver), George Sasaki, Milanka Stevens, Nico Stevens (Ceremony guests), Brinke Stevens (Brunette in shower), Steven Swadling (Popcorn man), Sydney Urshan (Man pushing Nordberg’s wheelchair), Greg Breslau (Man deleted from fireworks scene), Sharon Breslau (Woman deleted from fireworks scene), Robert K. Weiss (Hot dog vendor), Tom Willett (Accident scene observer)
Crew: David Zucker (Executive Producer, Director, Screenplay), Jerry Zucker (Executive Producer, Screenplay), Jim Abrahams, Pat Proft (Screenplay), Jim Abrahams (Executive Producer), Robert K. Weiss (Producer), Kevin Macy, John D. Schofield (Assoc. Producers), Robert M. Stevens (Dir. of Photography), Michael Jablow (Film Editor)