Naked Gun 2½: 
The Smell of Fear (1991)

Preceded by: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Followed by: The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)

	Director: David Zucker	COUNTRY USA GENRE Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE Mannen med den nakne pistol 2 ½: Lukten av frykt RUNNING TIME 85 minutes
	Producer: Robert K. Weiss
	Screenwriter: David Zucker Pat Proft

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Lt. Frank Drebin	Leslie Nielsen
Jane Spencer	Priscilla Presley
Captain Ed Hocken	George Kennedy
Nordberg	O. J. Simpson
Quentin Hapsburg	Robert Goulet
Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker	Richard Griffiths
Commissioner Anabell Brumford	Jacqueline Brookes	½
Hector Savage	Anthony James	½
"You're on my groin"	Raynor Scheine	-

Review

Frank Drebin returns to solve more stupid crime thanks to his clumsy behaviour and sheer luck. Leslie Nielsen is able to make even the silliest lines and the most embarrassing toilet humour funny with his deadpan delivery, so even though David Zucker had lost the help of Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry on the writing side, and the ideas for this kind of comedy were clearly starting to dry up, Naked Gun 2½ still has enough hilarious moments to keep you watching all the way through this entirely predictable farce of a crime story. Highlights include a gala dinner at the White House, with John Roarke giving a fine impersonation of President George H. W. Bush while Lt. Drebin is wreaking unintentional havoc, and Drebin's vendetta with Hector Savage, played by Anthony James with a delightful little nod to John Cazale. Followed by The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult in 1994.