
Airplane!(1980)
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.


“Don't tell anyone.”
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.

Val Kilmer
Nick Rivers

Lucy Gutteridge
Hillary Flammond

Peter Cushing
Bookstore Proprietor

Jeremy Kemp
General Streck

Christopher Villiers
Nigel

Warren Clarke
Colonel von Horst

Harry Ditson
Du Quois

Jim Carter
Déjà Vu

Eddie Tagoe
Chocolate Mousse

Omar Sharif
Agent Cedric
Top Secret! is a comedy film released in 1984 exploring themes of surfing, rock 'n' roll, beach, airplane, prisoner, bookshop. Directed by Jim Abrahams, it stars Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing. Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
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