The Naked Gun 2-1-2 The Smell Of Fear

Running time85 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$23 millionBox office$86.9 millionThe Naked Gun ​ 2 1⁄ 2: The Smell of Fear is a 1991. It is the sequel to the 1988 film and the second installment in. The film stars as the comically bumbling Police of. Plays the role of Jane, with as Nordberg and as police captain Ed Hocken. The film also features (who previously made a 'special guest star' appearance on Police Squad!) as the villainous Quentin Hapsburg and as renewable fuel advocate Dr. Meinheimer (as well as his evil double, Earl Hacker)., and members of the have cameo roles.returns from the first entry as director and screenwriter of the film. And serve as for the film and receive writing credit due to their contributions to the and the television series.

However, neither contributed to the screenplay for the film.A third installment in the series, was released in 1994. Contents.Plot Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is honored at the, where (John Roarke) announces that he will base his recommendation for the country's energy program on Dr. Albert Meinheimer's advice, which will be revealed during the doctor's speech at the dinner the following week. The heads of the coal and oil and industries are distressed by this fact, as Dr. Meinheimer is an advocate for renewable energy.

Jane Spencer , now separated from Frank and working for Dr. Meinheimer, is working late at Meinheimer's research institute when she spots a man leaving in a van.

A maintenance worker discovers a clock with dynamite attached and takes it to the security guards, who accidentally trigger it.The next morning, Frank reacquaints himself with Jane as he interviews her about the explosion. He is shown around the institute and meets Jane's boyfriend, Hexagon Oil executive Quentin Hapsburg , of whom he becomes exceedingly jealous. Frank's boss, Ed Hocken , finds him and Jane at a lonely blues bar, where Frank promptly blows a chance to make up with her. Meanwhile, at a meeting of the 'energy' industry leaders, Hapsburg reveals that he has kidnapped Dr.

Meinheimer and found an exact double for him, Earl Hacker, who will endorse fossil and nuclear fuels at the Press Club Dinner.Police Squad tracks down the van driver, Hector Savage. Once he discovers the police are onto him, Savage holes up in a house, demanding money. Frank drives a SWAT tank into and through the house, inadvertently allowing Savage to escape, and causes more damage when he loses control of the tank and crashes into the city zoo, allowing the animals to escape. At a party that evening, Frank notices that Dr. Meinheimer does not instantly remember him, despite Jane telling him that Meinheimer had a photographic memory. Frank confronts her with this at her apartment following the party, but is dismissed.

Moments later, Savage enters the home and tries to kill Jane. Frank becomes aware of Savage and kills him by sticking a fire hose into his mouth and turning it on full blast. Jane realizes that Frank was right, and the two rekindle their romance.The next day Police Squad stakes out Hexagon Oil's headquarters where Dr. Meinheimer is being held. Frank tries to go undercover into the building, but instead is discovered and tied up by Hapsburg's henchmen.

Frank and Dr. Meinheimer are eventually freed, and Police Squad proceeds to the Press Club Dinner. Finding their only way in locked, Frank, Ed, Nordberg , and Dr. Meinheimer commandeer a band's costumes and head inside, where Hacker is eventually intercepted, allowing Meinheimer to give his speech. Hapsburg flees the dinner and takes Jane with him. After a shootout on the roof of the building, Hapsburg informs Frank that he has rigged the building with a small which will kill everyone in there except for him and render Dr.

Meinheimer's speech useless. After a fight, Frank attempts to learn the bomb's disarming code from Hapsburg, but Ed enters and throws Hapsburg out a window. Hapsburg hits an awning below and is able to come to the sidewalk unscathed, but is immediately killed by an escaped lion from the zoo.Frank and Jane attempt to disarm the bomb while Ed and Nordberg go back into the ballroom to evacuate it. After several failed attempts, Frank finally manages to disarm the bomb at the last second by tripping over its power cord, unplugging it.

Frank is commended by the President, who offers him a special post as head of the Federal Bureau of Police Squad. Frank declines, instead asking Jane to marry him, which she accepts.Cast. as. as Jane Spencer. as Captain Ed Hocken.

as Detective Nordberg. as Quentin Hapsburg. as Dr. Meinheimer/Earl Hacker. as Commissioner Anabell Brumford.

The Naked Gun 2-1-2 The Smell Of Fear Song

as Hector Savage. as Terence Baggett. as Donald Fenswick. as Arthur Dunwell. as Ted Olsen. John Roarke as President.

Margery Ross as First Lady. Peter Van Norden as Chief of Staff. Gail Neely as. as Blues Singer at Blue Note Club. Sally Rosenblatt as Mrs. Redmond. Alexander Folk as Crackhouse cop.

as Police Station Thug. Gina Mastrogiacomo as Sex Shop WorkerMusic As with the first Naked Gun film, the original music for the second installment was composed and orchestrated by veteran soundtrack composer, including the familiar big-band/blues theme for the Naked Gun/ franchise.Several of the orchestral movements revolve around two other Newborn pieces: 'Drebin - Hero!' (used at the top of the pre-credit sequence, from the Paramount-logo animation onward) and the romantic 'Thinking of Him' (right after the credits).Seasoned Broadway and film singer/actress Colleen Fitzpatrick plays a saloon singer at a sad-sack restaurant called the Blue Note, to which a depressed Detective Lieutenant Drebin repairs after seeing former girlfriend Jane Spencer being wooed by villain Quentin Hapsburg.

This role has frequently been attributed to singer who happens to share the same name, but this is incorrect.Other non-Newborn pieces make cameos in this Naked Gun installment. They include the standards ' and ' and ' recordings of ' (featured in Jerry Zucker's drama ) and '.' Nielsen himself voices the Latin-flavored pop standard ' at the Press Club dinner.Soundtrack The Naked Gun ​ 2 1⁄ 2: The Smell of Fear(Original Soundtrack)by.

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