Let us be clear: the plot of The Naked Gun is scaffolding. It is the clothesline upon which the ZAZ team hangs 85 minutes of explosive laundry.
Playing the villainous Vincent Ludwig, he brought a level of sophistication that made his ultimate demise (trampled by a marching band and a steamroller) hilarious. The Naked Gun - From The Files Of Police Squad-...
But more importantly, the film redefined how we watch police dramas. After Frank Drebin, it became impossible to watch Miami Vice or Hill Street Blues without imagining the detectives accidentally setting fire to their own desks. It turned Leslie Nielsen into a global icon (he was 62 when the film came out, enjoying a third-act career boom he called "the miracle of old age"). Let us be clear: the plot of The Naked Gun is scaffolding