Mr. Gun

Original title: Sledge Hammer!

TV Series
1986–1988
TV-PG
30m

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8.1/10

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Parody Satire Slapstick Action Comedy

The adventures of a deranged police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem.The adventures of a deranged police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem.The adventures of a deranged police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

7.9K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,651

585

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Alan Spencer originally wrote the pilot script in 1976 as a parody of L'Inspecteur Harry (1971) and its sequels. Every network rejected it, and executives questioned Spencer's mental health because of the exaggerated violence. Networks began showing an interest in Spencer's script after the success of Sudden Impact - Le retour de l'inspecteur Harry (1983).

Quotes
[repeated line]
Sledge Hammer: Trust me - I know what I'm doing!

Crazy credits
The episode "Last of the Red Hot Vampires" ends with the dedication "In Memory of Mr. Blasko". Blasko was the real last name of Bela Lugosi.

Alternate versions
An alternate, unaired version of the pilot episode "Under the Gun" is available on the Season One DVD. It includes 10 minutes of additional footage, an alternate epilogue and completely different opening and ending theme music.

Connections
Featured in Sledge Hammer: Go Ahead, Make Me Laugh! (2004)

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A true great

This is one of the greatest TV comedies that has ever been produced. Episodes like "All Shook Up" (the Elvis impersonators one) and "Hammeroid" (the Robocop spoof) will stay with me forever. Today's comedies can't hold a candle to this. It discovered irony and satire 10 years before the rest of America. "Trust me- I know what I'm doing!" should have been a catchprase for one of Ronald Reagan's campaigns, it summed up the spirit of an age that is no more, like this sublime show...<sob>