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Little Nikita

  • 19881988
  • PGPG
  • 1h 38m
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5.9/10
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River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier in Little Nikita (1988)
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An F.B.I. Agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son.An F.B.I. Agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son.An F.B.I. Agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
5.6K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
21,217
6,044
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    • Director
      • Richard Benjamin
    • Writers
      • John Hill(screenplay)
      • Bo Goldman(screenplay)
      • Tom Musca(story)
    • Stars
      • Sidney Poitier
      • River Phoenix
      • Richard Jenkins
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Richard Benjamin
    • Writers
      • John Hill(screenplay)
      • Bo Goldman(screenplay)
      • Tom Musca(story)
    • Stars
      • Sidney Poitier
      • River Phoenix
      • Richard Jenkins
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 28User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore

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    Little Nikita (1988)
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    River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier in Little Nikita (1988)
    River Phoenix and Richard Bradford in Little Nikita (1988)
    Richard Jenkins and Caroline Kava in Little Nikita (1988)
    River Phoenix in Little Nikita (1988)
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    Top cast

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    Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier
    • Roy Parmenter
    River Phoenix
    River Phoenix
    • Jeff Grant
    Richard Jenkins
    Richard Jenkins
    • Richard Grant
    Caroline Kava
    Caroline Kava
    • Elizabeth Grant
    Richard Bradford
    Richard Bradford
    • Konstantin Karpov
    Richard Lynch
    Richard Lynch
    • Scuba
    Loretta Devine
    Loretta Devine
    • Verna McLaughlin
    Lucy Deakins
    Lucy Deakins
    • Barbara Kerry
    Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    • Brewer
    Albert Fortell
    Albert Fortell
    • Bunin
    Ronald Guttman
    Ronald Guttman
    • Spessky
    Jacob Vargas
    Jacob Vargas
    • Miguel
    Roberto Jiménez
    • Joaquin
    Robert Madrid
    Robert Madrid
    • Sergeant Leathers
    • (as Robb Madrid)
    Chez Lister
    • Tom
    Billy Stevenson
    • Tony
    • (as Bill Stevenson)
    Thomas R. Zak
    • Brett
    • (as Tom Zak)
    Newell Alexander
    Newell Alexander
    • Drill Sergeant
    • Director
      • Richard Benjamin
    • Writers
      • John Hill(screenplay)
      • Bo Goldman(screenplay)
      • Tom Musca(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      When new Columbia Pictures chief David Puttnam first watched this movie, he told Director Richard Benjamin that it was one of the worst movies he had ever seen, according to Editor Jim Clark, who was drafted in to see if he could rescue it.
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      Jeff Grant: Shove this up your bladder Boris.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Little Nikita/Vice Versa/D.O.A./Off Limits/Stand and Deliver (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Sleeping Beauty
      Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (uncredited)

    User reviews28

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    great actors in weak movie
    The Soviets suspect their agent nicknamed Scuba (Richard Lynch) is killing their deep agents and blackmailing them. They send agent Karpov (Richard Bradford) to stop him. In San Diego, FBI agent Roy Parmenter (Sidney Poitier) has been hunting Scuba for killing his partner. He discovers false information on the Air Force Academy application of Jeffrey Grant (River Phoenix) and suspects his parents Richard (Richard Jenkins) and Elizabeth (Caroline Kava).

    There are a lot of dead bodies and it seems only Parmenter is on the case. The Russian characters are too Russian. They are literally meeting at the ballet. Despite having some great actors, this doesn't have the needed gritty realism. The idea of Russian sleeper agents in the suburbs could be interesting but this is not well executed. River Phoenix continues to be great. His next movie 'Running on Empty' has a superior family with secret identities.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 18, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Movie Channel (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 美蘇間諜戰
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 12, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,733,070
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $866,398
      • Mar 20, 1988
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,733,070
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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