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Six years after the cancellation of Police Squad !, its directors decided to make a feature length version for theaters.

Titled The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad !.

The film returned Nielsen to his role as Frank Drebin.

It involved a comical scheme of a ruthless drug kingpin using hypnosis in an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Drebin, like the doctor in Airplane !, seemed unaware of the absurdity around him even when unintentionally contributing toward it.

Nielsen later said in an interview that he had done many of his own stunts, " You have an idea of how you're going to do something, and it's your vision ... unless you do it, it really doesn't stand a chance.

" This movie grossed over $ 78 million at the box office and was well received by critics.

Ebert's 3½ – star review ( out of four ) noted, " You laugh, and then you laugh at yourself for laughing.