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Top Secret!
Don't tell anyone.
( Comedy )


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US Runtime: 90 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jun 08, 1984   [USA]
 
Directors: Jim Abrahams   [Director]
David Zucker   [Director]
Jerry Zucker   [Director]
 
Writers: Jim Abrahams   [Screenplay]
Martyn Burke   [Screenplay]
David Zucker   [Screenplay]
Jerry Zucker   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Jim Abrahams   [Executive Producer]
Jon Davison   [Producer]
Tom Jacobson   [Associate Producer]
Hunt Lowry   [Producer]
David Zucker   [Executive Producer]
Jerry Zucker   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Christopher Challis   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Françoise Bonnot   [Editor]
Bernard Gribble   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Maurice Jarre   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Michael Lamont   [Production Design]
Peter Lamont   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Emma Porteous   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Susan Arnold   [Casting]
Lucy Boulting   [Casting]
Gretchen Rennell   [Casting]
Mary Selway   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Kingsmere   (GB)
Paramount Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scientist.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

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
 
Tristram Jellinek
Major Crumpler
Billy J. Mitchell
Martin, Nick's Manager
Ian McNeice
Blind Souvenir Vendor
Michael Gough
Dr. Paul Flammond
Gertan Klauber
East German Mayor
John Sharp
Maitre D'
Dimitri Andreas
Latrine
John J. Carney
Klaus
Marcus Powell
Little German
Nancy Abrahams
Pregnant Woman
 
 

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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$9,000,000
Revenue:
$20,500,000
Camera:
Panaflex Camera and Lenses by Panavision
Color Info:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

Credits Fun:

  • Focus Loader........Jack Williams
    Focus Puller........Tony Strachan
    Clapper Loader........John Fletcher
    Clapper Puller........Tom Brown
    Puller Clapper........Joe Taylor
    Clapper Clapper........Edward Davis
    Flipper Flapper........Jane Thomas
     
  • Foreez........A Jolly Good Fellow
     
  • Habe Roasher........Helen Roberts
     
  • Haberdasher........Helen Roberts
     
  • Halfway through the end credits, Val Kilmer & the background singers stand up into the frame and continue singing the song playing to the credits.
     
  • Hey Diddle Diddle........The Cat And The Fiddle
     
  • The Third Man........Guido Reidy
     
  • This Space For Rent
     
  • Worst Boy........Adolph Hitler
     

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