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Spies Like Us

  • 1985
  • PG
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
54K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,612
1,196
Spies Like Us (1985)
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Buddy ComedyFarceParodyAdventureComedy

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.

  • Director
    • John Landis
  • Writers
    • Dan Aykroyd
    • Dave Thomas
    • Lowell Ganz
  • Stars
    • Chevy Chase
    • Dan Aykroyd
    • Mark Stewart
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    54K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,612
    1,196
    • Director
      • John Landis
    • Writers
      • Dan Aykroyd
      • Dave Thomas
      • Lowell Ganz
    • Stars
      • Chevy Chase
      • Dan Aykroyd
      • Mark Stewart
    • 103User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 22Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro

    • Videos1

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    Trailer 1:34
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    Photos88

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    Chevy Chase
    Chevy Chase
    • Emmett Fitz-Hume
    Dan Aykroyd
    Dan Aykroyd
    • Austin Millbarge
    Mark Stewart
    Mark Stewart
    • Ace Tomato Courier
    Sean Daniel
    • Ace Tomato Driver
    Bruce Davison
    Bruce Davison
    • Mr. Ruby
    William Prince
    William Prince
    • Mr. Keyes
    Steve Forrest
    Steve Forrest
    • General Sline
    Tom Hatten
    Tom Hatten
    • General Miegs
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    • The President of the United States
    • (archive footage)
    Jeff Harding
    Jeff Harding
    • Fitz-Hume's Associate
    Heidi Sorenson
    Heidi Sorenson
    • Fitz-Hume's Supervisor
    Stephen Hoye
    • Captain Hefling
    Margo Random
    • Reporter
    Douglas Lambert
    • Reporter
    Frank Oz
    Frank Oz
    • Test Monitor
    Christopher Malcolm
    Christopher Malcolm
    • Jumpmaster
    Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    • Colonel Rhombus
    Terrance Conder
    • Soldier #1
    • Director
      • John Landis
    • Writers
      • Dan Aykroyd
      • Dave Thomas
      • Lowell Ganz
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The film originally ended with the destruction of the world. Test audiences didn't like it, so a happier ending was shot on a soundstage in Burbank.
    • Goofs
      After Austin and Emmett are picked up in the Jeep by the two Russian agents and stop in the desert, Austin discovers that they are not their legitimate contacts by the digital LCD wristwatch one of the agents is wearing. Austin tells Emmett that the agent is wearing "a Russian copy of a 1969 Timex digital". Timex was not producing an LCD digital watch in 1969. In fact, nobody was. Digital LCD watches were not introduced until 1972, and Timex did not produce one for many years after that.
    • Quotes

      Russian Interregator #2: Every minute you don't tell us why you are here, I cut off a finger.

      Emmett Fitz-Hume: Mine or yours?

      Russian Interregator #2: Yours.

      Emmett Fitz-Hume: Damn!

    • Crazy credits
      In the end credits, Bob Hope's name appears on screen and then after a few seconds an exclamation mark is added.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Barry Manilow/Chevy Chase & Dan Aykroyd/David Letterman (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Spies Like Us
      Written and Performed by Paul McCartney
      Produced by Paul McCartney, Phil Ramone and Hugh Padgham

    User reviews103

    Featured review

    Hilarious

    I'm surprised this movie isn't higher rated. No, it's not "Lawrence of Arabia" but not every movie has to be "artistically respectable". Just look at the names of the two main characters, Emmett Fitz-Hume and Austin Milbarge, and you know what you're in for.

    Aykroyd and Chase are hilarious and this movie is a laugh a minute. Yes, there are dumb jokes, slapstick humor, ridiculous scenarios and odd cameos (doctor? doctor?)...But that's what's great about it, you just turn your brain off and take it in.

    I've seen this movie a hundred times and could watch it a hundred more, I guess it's one of those "love it or hate it" things. But "we mock what we don't understand".
    • thirdi
    • Oct 30, 2001
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    • Release date
      • December 6, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Spione wie wir
    • Filming locations
      • Sogndal, Norway
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • AAR Films
      • Brillstein Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $22,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $60,106,536
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,614,039
      • Dec 8, 1985
    • Gross worldwide
      • $60,106,536
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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