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About the Film

Year

1991

Rating

PG

Genre

Comedy

Running Time

85 MIN

Synopsis

Leslie Nielsen returns as the intrepid (and accident-prone) Lt. Frank Drebin in Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, "un film de David Zucker." This second feature film from the "Police Squad!" series finds Drebin as a guest at a White House dinner, receiving an award for shooting his 1,000th drug dealer, although he admits to shooting only 998 — he ran over the last two in his car. ("Luckily, they turned out to be drug dealers"). Also at the White House dinner is energy czar Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer (Richard Griffiths), whom President George Bush (John Roarke) has chosen to start a new national energy policy. Since Meinheimer believes in promoting alternative energy resources, the evil leaders of the polluting energy industries (coal, oil, and nuclear power—or the lobby groups SMOKE, SPILL and KABOOM) are horrified at Bush's choice. Joining together with arch-villain Quentin Hapsburg (Robert Goulet), they plan to kidnap the real Meinheimer and substitute a fake Meinheimer in his place who will enact energy policy according to the dictates of the energy lobby. Drebin becomes deeply involved in the conspiracy when he runs into his ex-girl friend Jane (Priscilla Presley), who is not only Meinheimer's public relations director but also Hapsburg's current paramour.

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About the Cast

Leslie Nielsen

Lt. Frank Drebin

Robert Goulet

Quentin Hapsburg

Priscilla Presley

Jane Spencer

George Kennedy

Ed Hocken

O.J. Simpson

Nordberg

Richard Griffiths

Dr. Meinheimer/Earl Hacker

Jacqueline Brookes

Commissioner Brumford

Anthony James

Hector Savage

Lloyd Bochner

Baggett

Tim O'Connor

Fenzwick

About the Crew

Director

David Zucker

Producer

John D. Schofield

Producer

Michael Ewing

Producer

Robert K. Weiss

Writer

David Zucker

Writer

Pat Proft

Music Scoring

Ira Newborn