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Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us

With spies like these, who needs enemies?

19856.21h 42m

Overview

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Directed by John Landis
Written by Dan Aykroyd, Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz
Produced by George Folsey Jr., Brian Grazer
Box OfficeBudget: $22.0MRevenue: $60.1M

Top Cast

Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Emmett Fitz-Hume

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Austin Millbarge

Steve Forrest

Steve Forrest

General Sline

Donna Dixon

Donna Dixon

Karen Boyer

Bruce Davison

Bruce Davison

Ruby

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Dr. Imhaus

Frank Oz

Frank Oz

Test Monitor

Vanessa Angel

Vanessa Angel

Russian Rocket Crewperson

Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

Colonel Rhumbus

Charles McKeown

Charles McKeown

Jerry Hadley

Themes & Keywords

central intelligence agency (cia)missilespycold warasiakgbbait

About Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us is a comedy, adventure film released in 1985 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), missile, spy, cold war, asia, kgb. Directed by John Landis, it stars Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest. Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

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