Underplayed Gems

The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)

The Man Who Knew Too Little poster
Directed by
Jon Amiel
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany, United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 585 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man visits his brother in London and gets mistaken for a spy. He goes along with the misunderstanding, leading to comedic chaos.

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What happens

The Man Who Knew Too Little is a 1997 spy comedy film starring Bill Murray and directed by Jon Amiel. The screenplay was written by Robert Farrar and Howard Franklin, based on Farrar's 1997 novel Watch That Man, and the title is a parody of the title of Alfred Hitchcock's 1934 film The Man Who Knew Too Much and his 1956 remake of the same title. Upon release, the film received generally mixed reviews and was a box office bomb, grossing just $13.7 million against its $20 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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