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Overview

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Director:
John Landis
Writers:
Dan Aykroyd (story) &
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Release Date:
6 December 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
With spies like these who needs enemies?
Plot:
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War. full summary | full synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Remote View: 'Chuck' Heavy on the References
 (From CinemaSpy. 10 April 2009, 7:17 AM, PDT)

Comedian Chevy Chase To Guest Star On NBC's "Chuck"
 (From iCelebz. 15 January 2009, 12:57 PM, PST)

User Comments:
Chase & Aykroyd a la Hope & Crosby more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Chevy Chase ... Emmett Fitz-Hume

Dan Aykroyd ... Austin Millbarge
Steve Forrest ... General Sline
Donna Dixon ... Karen Boyer

Bruce Davison ... Ruby
Bernie Casey ... Colonel Rhumbus
William Prince ... Keyes
Tom Hatten ... General Miegs

Frank Oz ... Test Monitor
Charles McKeown ... Jerry Hadley
James Daughton ... Bob Hodges

Jim Staahl ... Bud Schnelker

Vanessa Angel ... Russian Rocket Crewperson
Svetlana Plotnikova ... Russian Rocket Crewperson
Bjarne Thomsen ... Russian Rocket Crewperson
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)
Filming Locations:
Lancaster, California, USA more
Company:
AAR Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Vanessa Angel's first movie role. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The footage of Austin and Emmitt cheating on the exam is obviously not from the security cameras in the ceiling. more
Quotes:
[There is a war cry in the distance]
Emmett Fitz-Hume: Was that me?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Chuck: Chuck Versus the Broken Heart (#2.18)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
I'LL BE LOVING YOU more

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Chase & Aykroyd a la Hope & Crosby, 22 April 2003
Author: george.schmidt (george.schmidt@hbo.com) from fairview, nj

SPIES LIKE US (1985) **1/2 Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison, Steve Forrest, Bernie Casey, Frank Oz, Jim Stahl (cameos: BB King, Terry Gilliam, Ray Harryhausen, Bob Hope). Frequently funny Hope/Crosby sendup of their "Road" films with inept secret agent decoys sent to Asia as dupes with nuclear espionage at its center. Numerous gags many faltering yet good rapport between Chase and Aykroyd. Directed with all the subtlety of a bull in a china shop by John Landis.

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