The Naked Gun is a fabricated title designed to evoke the old police thrillers of yesteryear.
The film is an offshoot of a short-running TV series, Police Squad!, which starred Leslie Nielson in the same role and which itself is a pastiche on an older series from the 50s called M Squad - even going so far as to emulate the theme tune and keep the main character's christian name.
The title might also be an homage to Naked City, another TV show from the 50s and 60s that dealt with the day to day lives of homicide detectives in New York's 65th Precinct.
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