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Police Squad!

  • TV Series
  • 1982
  • TV-PG
  • 24m
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Leslie Nielsen in Police Squad! (1982)
Sight gags, puns and non-sequiturs abound as bumbling Sgt. Det. Lt. Frank Drebin and his colleagues of Police Squad solve various puzzling cases.
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Sight gags, puns and non-sequiturs abound as bumbling Sgt. Det. Lt. Frank Drebin and his colleagues at Police Squad solve various puzzling cases..Sight gags, puns and non-sequiturs abound as bumbling Sgt. Det. Lt. Frank Drebin and his colleagues at Police Squad solve various puzzling cases..Sight gags, puns and non-sequiturs abound as bumbling Sgt. Det. Lt. Frank Drebin and his colleagues at Police Squad solve various puzzling cases..

  • Creators
    • Jim Abrahams
    • David Zucker
    • Jerry Zucker
  • Stars
    • Leslie Nielsen
    • Alan North
    • Ed Williams
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.4/10
    20K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,361
    174
    • Creators
      • Jim Abrahams
      • David Zucker
      • Jerry Zucker
    • Stars
      • Leslie Nielsen
      • Alan North
      • Ed Williams
    • 73User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen
    • Det. Frank Drebin
    Alan North
    Alan North
    • Capt. Ed Hocken
    Ed Williams
    • Mr. Olson
    William Duell
    • Johnny
    Peter Lupus
    Peter Lupus
    • Norberg
    Tessa Richarde
    • Mary
    Rex Hamilton
    • Abraham Lincoln
    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Poisoned Man
    Florence Henderson
    Florence Henderson
    • Shot Woman
    William Conrad
    William Conrad
    • Stabbed Man
    Lorne Greene
    Lorne Greene
    • Stabbed Man
    Robert Goulet
    Robert Goulet
    • Executed Man
    Georg Stanford Brown
    Georg Stanford Brown
    • Police under the Safe
    Rudy Solari
    • Martin
    Barbara Tarbuck
    Barbara Tarbuck
    • Mrs. Twice
    Patrick St. Esprit
    Patrick St. Esprit
    • Buddy
    Dick Clark
    Dick Clark
    • Dick Clark
    Al Ruscio
    Al Ruscio
    • Dutch
    • Creators
      • Jim Abrahams
      • David Zucker
      • Jerry Zucker
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    • Trivia
      After the success of The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) and The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), Comedy Central and CBS re-aired all six episodes of this series in the summer of 1991. Producers wanted to include John Belushi's "guest star" appearance in Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) (1982), which had been cut due to Belushi's death. The footage could not be located, and is now presumed lost or destroyed.
    • Quotes

      Det. Frank Drebin: [running gag] Cigarette?

      Various: Yes, I know.

    • Crazy credits
      Rex Hamilton appeared in the opening credits portraying Abraham Lincoln but he never appeared in any of the episodes.
    • Alternate versions
      The home video versions of some episodes have changed music in some scenes. For instance, when they sing "Happy Birthday" at a birthday and when Leslie Nielsen sings Judy Garland tunes in the nightclub. Presumably this is due to a music licensing issue.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982)

    User reviews73

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    Time for the DVD
    This was a truly unique show. Many of the comments in this section regret that there were only 6 episodes made. But to be honest, the show used so many jokes per episode, I don't see how they could have gone too much further without running out. The great thing about this show is that every one who watches it has a favorite one-liner that they remember, and like to repeat. One could say the same thing about the movie "Airplane". There are so few things that are really original, especially in television, the medium that thrives so much on imitation of previous success. So the time has come for this limited series to get its chance on DVD. But not just another release. Visualize this. The show did such a good job of satirizing police dramas from M Squad to the QM series, that the DVD should do the same this for DVD special features. In short, the DVD release should have all the usual special features, but they would all be send-ups of special features. Now that would make for a great DVD release of this great show.
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    • Release date
      • March 4, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die nackte Pistole
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Television
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    • Runtime
      24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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