Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
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John Landis
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Mark Stewart | ... | Ace Tomato Courier |
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Sean Daniel | ... | Ace Tomato Driver |
| Bruce Davison | ... | Mr. Ruby | |
| William Prince | ... | Mr. Keyes | |
| Steve Forrest | ... | General Sline | |
| Tom Hatten | ... | General Miegs | |
| Chevy Chase | ... | Emmett Fitz-Hume | |
| Ronald Reagan | ... | The President of the United States (archive footage) | |
| Jeff Harding | ... | Fitz-Hume's Associate | |
| Heidi Sorenson | ... | Fitz-Hume's Supervisor | |
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Stephen Hoye | ... | Captain Hefling |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Austin Millbarge | |
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Margo Random | ... | Reporter |
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Douglas Lambert | ... | Reporter |
| Frank Oz | ... | Test Monitor | |
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Two low-level government employees, Emmitt Fitz-Hume (played by Chevy Chase) and Austin Milbarge (Dan Aykroyd), are chosen for a top-secret CIA mission. They are unsuitable as CIA agents but are deliberately chosen for this reason, as their mission is a decoy one and they are expendable. After being fast-tracked through training they are parachuted into Pakistan where all manner of adventures await them. Written by grantss
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Country:
USARelease Date:
6 December 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$22,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$8,614,039, 8 December 1985Gross USA:
$60,088,980Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$60,088,980Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Written by Jimmy King, Ben Cauley, Carl Cunningham, James Alexander and Ronnie Caldwell
Performed by The Bar-Kays
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The answer to Emmett Fitz-Hume's (Chevy Chase's) question regarding who led the American League in home runs in 1953, is Al Rosen of the Cleveland Indians. Coincidentally, the last name Rosen was used as an alias (Dr. Rosen) in Fletch (1985), also starring Chevy Chase. See more »Goofs
During the sky shot of the missile launch, it's obvious that it's a mini model set. See more »Quotes
Emmett Fitz-Hume: My objective? Well I object to taking a girl out, you know, and buying her dinner and then she won't put out for you.See more »
Crazy Credits
In the end credits, Bob Hope's name appears on screen and then after a few seconds an exclamation mark is added. See more »Soundtracks
SOUL FINGERWritten by Jimmy King, Ben Cauley, Carl Cunningham, James Alexander and Ronnie Caldwell
Performed by The Bar-Kays
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd were at the height of their professional careers with the 80's "masterpiece" Spies Like Us. The cast alone makes this movie a triumph the 80's comedy. Although the same cast today would find itself on the video shelf and not the movie theaters, for the mid 80's this was a GIANT of a Hollywood cast. Second to only Doctor Strangelove, what other comedy is funnier when dealing with American / Russian relations during the cold war? Chevy and Aykroyd have terrific chemistry together that has been molded to perfection from their success on Saturday Night Live. The physical comedy in the first half of the movie is as funny as any Marx Brother film of its time. The comical situations that occur in the second half are as funny as any Blake Edwards production. Together, the movie is as funny as it gets for the 1980's.