David Zucker In Retrospect

This season looks at the films of David Zucker, a filmmaker whose work helped define a particular strain of American comedy: fast, deadpan, and relentlessly precise.

He's Lieutenant Frank Drebin, an LAPD detective who doesn't allow his utter cluelessness get in the way of cracking a case involving drug smugglers and an assassination attempt on Queen of England.

Director

David Zucker

Cast

Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Ricardo Montalban, O. J. Simpson