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.
Acting
Nielsen's deadpan delivery could stop a speeding train.
Writing
Joke density that violates several international treaties.
Practical Effects
Gags involving real explosions, real chaos, real commitment.
Director
David Zucker
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
Peter Van Norden
John Sununu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's '2½' was Zucker's middle finger to sequel numbering conventions—no other film had used a fraction.
Released months before O.J. Simpson's infamous trial, making his repeated injury gags now deeply surreal viewing.
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