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Little Nikita (1988)

PG 98 min  -  Drama | Thriller  -   18 March 1988 (USA)
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An FBI agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper agents and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son.

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Richard Benjamin
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sidney Poitier ...
Roy Parmenter
River Phoenix ...
Jeff Grant
Richard Jenkins ...
Richard Grant
Caroline Kava ...
Elizabeth Grant
Richard Bradford Richard Bradford ...
Konstantin Karpov
Richard Lynch Richard Lynch ...
Scuba
Loretta Devine ...
Verna McLaughlin
Lucy Deakins Lucy Deakins ...
Barbara Kerry
Jerry Hardin Jerry Hardin ...
Brewer
Albert Fortell ...
Bunin
Robert Madrid ...
Sgt. Leathers (as Robb Madrid)
Ronald Guttman ...
Spessky
Jacob Vargas ...
Miguel
Roberto Jiménez Roberto Jiménez ...
Joaquin
Chez Lister Chez Lister ...
Tom
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Storyline

Roy Parmenter is a veteran FBI agent who has spent the last 20 years trying to find the Russian agent who killed his partner whom he calls Scuba. When a couple of deep cover Russian agents are killed Parmenter thinks Scuba is the one doing it. The Russians who have received word from Scuba that if they want him to stop, they have to pay him. So they send a veteran Russian agent, Karpov to stop him. Parmenter was tasked with performing background checks on people applying for certain things requiring security clearance and when he comes across Jeffrey Grant who's applying to the Air Force Academy, he discovers that his parents' info is false. He also learns of Karpov coming into the country and suspects that he is here to stop Scuba and that Karpov went to the city where Jeffrey and his family live, so he decides to keep an eye on Jeffrey and his family. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com  

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Plot Keywords:

Spy | FBI Agent | Interview | Death | Flower Shop  | See more »

Taglines:

He went to bed an all-American kid and woke up the son of Russian spies.

Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

The Sleepers See more »

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$1,733,070 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

When Roy hands over the driving license to Jeff the birth date is August 23rd 1970, which was the real birth date of actor River Phoenix. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Karpov says to Grant when he first meets him: "Call me 'tovarishch', which means 'friend'." Tovarishch is the Russian word for comrade, while Droog is the word for friend. See more »

Quotes

Jeff Grant: Shove this up your bladder Boris.
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Connections

Features "Newhart" (1982) See more »