
Spies Like Us(1985)
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.


“The CIA is trailing them, the KGB is tracking them, the phone company is tracing them, the police are chasing them, the cowboys are herding them, and the Indians are hunting them. Are they going to fall for all of that?”
Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.

Shelley Long
Lauren Ames

Bette Midler
Sandy Brozinsky

Peter Coyote
Michael Sanders

Robert Prosky
Stanislav Korzenowski

John Schuck
Agent Atkins

Anthony Heald
Weldon

George Carlin
Frank Madras

Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Cab Driver

Florence Stanley
Ticket Agent

Jerry Zaks
Tobacco Clerk
Outrageous Fortune is a comedy film released in 1987 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), new mexico, kgb, fake death. Directed by Arthur Hiller, it stars Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote. Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.
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