The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
| The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear |
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| Directed by | David Zucker |
| Produced by | Robert K. Weiss |
| Written by | David Zucker Pat Proft |
| Based on |
Police Squad! by David Zucker Jim Abrahams Jerry Zucker |
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| Music by | Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography | Robert M. Stevens |
| Edited by |
Christopher Greenbury James R. Symons |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23 million |
| Box office | $86.9 million |
| The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (Original Soundtrack) |
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| Soundtrack album by Ira Newborn | |
| Released | 1991 |
| Recorded | 1991 |
| Genre | Big Band |
| Length | 35:46 |
| Label | Varèse Sarabande |
| Producer |
Ira Newborn Robert Townson (Executive Producer) |
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 comedy film. It is the sequel to the 1988 film The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! and the second installment in The Naked Gun film series. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad!. Priscilla Presley plays the role of Jane, with O.J. Simpson as Nordberg and George Kennedy as police captain Ed Hocken. The film also features Robert Goulet (who previously made a "special guest star" appearance on Police Squad!) as the villainous Quentin Hapsburg and Richard Griffiths as renewable fuel advocate Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer (as well as his evil double, Earl Hacker). Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mel Tormé and members of the Chicago Bears have cameo roles.
David Zucker returns from the first entry as director and screenwriter of the film. Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker serve as executive producers for the film and receive writing credit due to their contributions to the first entry of the series and the Police Squad! television series. However, neither contributed to the screenplay for the film.
Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is honored at the White House, where President George H. W. Bush (John Roarke) announces that he will base his recommendation for the country's energy program on Dr. Albert Meinheimer's (Richard Griffiths) advice at the National Press Club dinner the following week. The heads of the coal and oil (fossil fuel) and nuclear industries are apparently distressed by this fact, as Dr. Meinheimer is an advocate for renewable energy. Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley), now working for Dr. Meinheimer, is working late at his research institute, crying about Frank, when she spots a man leaving in a red van. A maintenance worker, emptying out garbage cans, discovers a clock with dynamite attached and takes it to the security guards, accidentally triggering it.
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