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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

A hero who doesn't exist must save America from an enemy we never knew we had.

19856.32h 1m

Overview

Tough Brooklyn street cop Sam Makin is unwillingly recruited as an assassin for a secret United States organization known as CURE, who fake his death and give him a new identity: Remo Williams. With his appearance surgically altered, Williams is trained to be a human killing machine by his aged, derisive and impassive Korean martial arts master Chiun.

Directed by Guy Hamilton
Written by Christopher Wood, Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir
Produced by Larry Spiegel
Box OfficeBudget: $40.0MRevenue: $14.4M

Top Cast

Fred Ward

Fred Ward

Remo Williams

Joel Grey

Joel Grey

Chiun

Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley

Harold Smith

J.A. Preston

J.A. Preston

Conn MacCleary

George Coe

George Coe

Gen. Scott Watson

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Maj. Rayner Fleming

Charles Cioffi

Charles Cioffi

George Grove

Patrick Kilpatrick

Patrick Kilpatrick

Stone

Michael Pataki

Michael Pataki

Jim Wilson

Davenia McFadden

Davenia McFadden

N.Y. Traffic Control Cop

Themes & Keywords

martial artsbased on novel or booknew identitysecret agentagentstatue of libertyaction comedyspiesyellowface

About Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is a action, adventure, comedy film released in 1985 exploring themes of martial arts, based on novel or book, new identity, secret agent, agent, statue of liberty. Directed by Guy Hamilton, it stars Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley. Tough Brooklyn street cop Sam Makin is unwillingly recruited as an assassin for a secret United States organization known as CURE, who fake his death and give him a new identity: Remo Williams. With his appearance surgically altered, Williams is trained to be a human killing machine by his aged, derisive and impassive Korean martial arts master Chiun.

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