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Summary

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.

Cast

Leslie Nielsen

Lt. Frank Drebin

Priscilla Presley

Jane Spencer

George Kennedy

Ed Hocken

O. J. Simpson

Nordberg

Robert Goulet

Quentin Hapsburg

Richard Griffiths

Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker

Jacqueline Brookes

Commissioner Brumford

Anthony James

Hector Savage

Lloyd Bochner

Baggett

Tim O'Connor

Fenzwick

Peter Mark Richman

Dunwell

Ed Williams

Ted Olsen

John Roarke

George Bush

Margery Jane Ross

Barbara Bush

Peter Van Norden

John Sununu

Gail Neely

Winnie Mandela

Colleen Fitzpatrick

Blues Singer

Sally Rosenblatt

Mrs. Redmond

Alexander Folk

Crackhouse Cop

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

Mariachi

Larry McCormick

TV Reporter

Cliff Bemis

Barbecue Dad

D.D. Howard

Barbecue Mom

William Woodson

TV Commercial Announcer

Mel Tormé

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Bill Chemerka

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States and Mrs. Bush."

Christopher J. Keene

"Hey Ken, Al! Look what I found."

Ken Kerman

"Hey, that's a pretty nice clock."

Al Fann

"It's 4 minutes too slow."

Tom McGreevey

"Vert well, sir. It's from the lady."

James Gilstrap

"Always nice to see nice people."

"Weird Al" Yankovic

"You pigs...say your prayers."

Gina Mastrogiacomo

"Is this some kind of bust?"

Jeff Wright

"Frank, we got that Sure-Grip suck machine..."

C. Lindsay Workman

"Your coat, sir?"

John Stevens

"Phone call, Commissioner"

Gokul

"Hey, what the hell happened to the water pressure?"

Charlotte Zucker

"For a man in a wheelchair, he gets around marvelously."

Don Pugsley

"He's wired!"

Carlos Betancourt

"¡Ojala que se mejoré pronto!"

Bernardo Márquez

"Recuerdos a todos."

Margarito Mendoza

"¿Puede decirme donde esta la casa de musica?"

Lee Terri

"Hey, look what he's doing to that man in the wheelchair!"

Claude Jay McLin

"Yeah!"

Manny Perry

"Let's get him."

Alex Zimmerman

"Yeah!"

Raynor Scheine

"You're on my groin."

John Fleck

"If that's your attitude, forget it."

Susan Breslau

Party Guest

Leslie Maier

Party Guest

Ron Rosenblatt

Mr. Redmond

Jennifer Kretchmer

Barbecue Daughter

Ryan Harrison

Barbecue Boy

David Zucker

Davy Crockett

Robert K. Weiss

Obstetrician

Robert LoCash

FBI Agent

Burton Zucker

Lab Technician

Lewis Friedman

Lab Technician

Bob Reitman

Lab Technician

Gene Mueller

Lab Technician

Gino Salomone

Lab Technician

Robert J. Elisberg

McTigue

Mindy Newborn

Slave to the Composer

Jan Campbell

Lady in Waiting

Wendy Hogan

Lady in Waiting

Crew

Director, Original Series Creator, Writer

David Zucker

Original Series Creator

Jerry Zucker

Original Series Creator

Jim Abrahams

Writer

Pat Proft

Reviews

Geronimo1967

September 4, 2022

This isn't an half bad sequel to the entertaining "Naked Gun" (1988) with Leslie Nielsen reprising his hapless "Drebin" character. This time he teams up again with "Ed" (George Kennedy) and "Nordberg" (OJ Simpson) to try to thwart the ambitions of big business in the energy sector. To protect their control over domestic power consumption, these moguls arrange for the kidnapping of a scientist - "Dr. Mainheimer" (Richard Griffiths). He is about to publish a far reaching report extolling the viability of solar power as a cheap and available source of electricity for everyone. Things is, though, it's not just a simple kidnap - they plan to substitute this learned man with a fraud who will ensure they retain their monopolies for years to come. Can the "Police Squad" get their act together in time...? It all gets a little more precarious when we discover that "Jane" (Priscilla Presley) is the assistant to the professor - and renewing his association with her after a while sets Drebin into many a comedy tailspin. As with the first film, the humour is quick-fire, contemporary and often more Laurel & Hardy than, well, Laurel & Hardy. Griffiths was a good comedy actor, his facial expressions and his sheer size were attributes he new well how to exploit to elicit a laugh. There is loads of on screen chemistry too to enjoy here, and it's not even ninety minutes so there's not enough time to get bored by the rather formulaic plot. That last point is what drags it down. It is difficult to reinvent the wheel, and to be honest very little effort appears to have gone into making this sufficiently different from the first outing. It's just too similar, with too many punchlines you can see from space. Still, it does what it says on the tin - and it does raise a smile - just not a guffaw.