Wallace Ritchie is mistaken for a spy and must stop a plot to assassinate international leaders at a banquet.
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Title: The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Bill Murray | ... | Wallace Ritchie | |
| Peter Gallagher | ... | James Ritchie | |
| Joanne Whalley | ... | Lori | |
| Alfred Molina | ... | Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky | |
| Richard Wilson | ... | Sir Roger Daggenhurst | |
| John Standing | ... | Gilbert Embleton | |
| Simon Chandler | ... | Hawkins | |
| Geraldine James | ... | Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin | |
| Anna Chancellor | ... | Barbara Ritchie | |
| Nicholas Woodeson | ... | Sergei | |
| Cliff Parisi | ... | Uri | |
| John Thomson | ... | Dimitri | |
| Janet Henfrey | ... | Ms. Goldstein | |
| Terry O'Neill | ... | Spenser | |
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Isabel Hernández | ... | Consuela (as Isabel Hernandez) |
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American Wallace Ritchie (Bill Murray) gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, England, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.
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mistaken identity | animated title sequence | spy spoof | hitman | american in the uk |Taglines:
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Written by Moïse Simons and L. Wolfe Gilbert
Performed by Los Indios Tabajaras (as Los Indios Tabajaras)
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment
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This was the first feature film to be made at Elstree Studios after the local council bought it from Brent Walker under a Compulsory Purchase Order. See more »Goofs
When Wally scares Lori's attacker through the window, he is shown wearing sunglasses. After Lori suggests they leave, however, he is seen in the next shot without the sunglasses. See more »Quotes
Wallace: Please don't call me by my real name, it destroys the reality I'm trying to create.See more »
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Referenced in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Informers/The Soloist/Tyson (2009) See more »Soundtracks
MartaWritten by Moïse Simons and L. Wolfe Gilbert
Performed by Los Indios Tabajaras (as Los Indios Tabajaras)
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 November 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$4,604,819, 16 November 1997Gross USA:
$13,717,039Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$13,717,039Company Credits
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Although this movie is not quite as funny as What About Bob, I think this is probably Bill Murray's second funniest film, though I strongly doubt if it will be enjoyed as much by the average viewer. That is because, I hate to say, the "average viewer" often is a teenager or adult who likes their comedy very broad and simple. No, this will not appeal to fans of Porky's or Little Nicky because it requires the viewer to have a reasonable attention-span and the ability to enjoy a comedy that doesn't telegraph what will happen next (just how many movies these days are hard to predict anyways?).
The movie is a screwy, difficult to describe spy adventure where everyone knows just how deadly the stakes are---except for Bill Murray's character. He mistakenly thinks everything that is happening around him is a type of performance art (sort of a Theatre of the Absurd). You MUST watch it.