Wrongfully Accused

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1. #001

   Leslie Nielsen actually appeared in several episodes of the 1963 TV series The Fugitive, which of course also inspired the Harrison Ford film The Fugitive (1993) that this movie parodies.

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2. #002

   When Leslie Nielsen's character Ryan Harrison jumps from the bus hit by the train, Ryan rides a bicycle with no seat. In Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), Frank Drebin says the truth hurts Hapsburg, but not as much as jumping on a bicycle with no seat.

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3. #003

   Richard Crenna's last theatrical film.

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4. #004

   The detective who is given the blood sample at the first crime scene is named Van Adder, a reference to O. J. Simpson's lead detective in the Simpson trial. He is also told not to carry it around with him all day, a reference to the blood sample in the Simpson investigation being left in a police vehicle all day and degrading in the heat.

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5. #005

   In the early writing stages of the film, a scene was planned in which Leslie Nielsen's character Ryan Harrison would meet Richard Kimble in the sewer, with Harrison Ford reprising his role from The Fugitive (1993). The idea never made it to the screen, however.

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6. #006

   In the hospital scene, the internal phone pages announce "Dr. Benton, Dr. Carter, Dr. Greene, Dr. Weaver, and Dr. Ross," all doctors from the NBC drama ER (1994).

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7. #007

   In the hospital, a voice calls for "Dr. Kimble." This was Harrison Ford's wrongfully accused character in The Fugitive (1993). The TV newsreader's name is also Kimble.

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8. #008

   At the beginning of the film, the voice of Lamb Chop is heard during the concert. This was Lewis's last on-screen appearance. Lewis died of viral pneumonia on the evening of 2 August 1998, only 19 days before the film's release in the United States.

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9. #009

   Most of the character names are names of cities in Minnesota. Writer and director Pat Proft is from Minnesota.

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10. #010

    Leslie Nielsen's character is named Ryan Harrison, a riff on the role Harrison Ford played in The Fugitive (1993). Ford also played a character named Jack Ryan in Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), immediately before and after The Fugitive.

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11. #011

    In the emergency room scene, Harrison tells a nurse to give 200,000 cc of adrenaline. That is 200 litres (~53 US gallons). Adrenaline is typically supplied at 1 mg/mL, which would amount to 200 g, while lethal doses are 4-8 mg. An adult EpiPen is only 0.3 mg. The average human body volume is about 62-75 L (~16.4-19.8 US gallons).

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12. #012

    Pat Proft wrote this film as well as Leslie Nielsen's projects Police Squad! (1982), The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) and Mr. Magoo (1997). After this film, Proft co-wrote Nielsen's Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Scary Movie 4 (2006).

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13. #013

    Pat Proft's directorial debut. As of 2024, it is the only project Proft has directed.

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14. #014

    While Leslie Nielsen's character Ryan Harrison is in the hospital disguised as a doctor, an announcement over the PA system tells Dr. Kevorkian to go to Mr. Simpson's room. In Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), O. J. Simpson's character Nordberg suggested that Nielsen's character Frank Drebin needed Dr. Jack Kevorkian's home phone number.

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15. #015

    In the film, Kelly LeBrock plays the mother of Melinda McGraw's character. In reality, there is only a 3-year age difference between the actresses (they were about 37 and 34, respectively, during filming).

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16. #016

    While boarding the prison bus, a stuffed Garfield wearing a prison uniform can be seen.

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17. #017

    The news reporter's name is Ruth Kimble, the same surname as Harrison Ford's character Richard Kimble in The Fugitive.

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18. #018

    Both Leslie Nielsen and Richard Crenna were born in the same year, 1926.

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19. #019

    At the beginning of the film, during Ryan's final performance, a small piece of the star-spangled banner appears.

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