Spies Like Us (1985)

Directed by

John Landis

Genre

comedy film, buddy film, spy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 716 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two bumbling government clerks are mistaken for spies and sent on a mission to the Soviet Union. They stumble through a series of comic misadventures as they try to complete their assignment.

lightheartedgoofyfast-pacedplayfulsillynostalgiccomedic

What happens

Spies Like Us is a 1985 American spy comedy film directed by John Landis, and starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest and Donna Dixon. The film presents the comic adventures of Emmett Fitz-Hume and Austin Millbarge, two novice intelligence agents sent to the Soviet Union. Originally written by Aykroyd and Dave Thomas to star Aykroyd and John Belushi at Universal, the script went into turnaround following Belushi's 1982 death and was later picked up by Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Aykroyd and Chase. Partly filmed on location near Sognefjord in Norway (as Soviet Union) and the Sahara (as Pakistan), the film is a homage to the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to... film series. Hope himself cameos in one scene. Other cameos include directors Terry Gilliam, Sam Raimi, Costa-Gavras, Martin Brest, Frank Oz and Joel Coen, musician B. B. King, and visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. Although contemporary reviews of the film were mixed, Spies Like Us was a financial success, grossing $77 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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