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Spies Like Us
With spies like these, who needs enemies?
( Adventure / Comedy )


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US Runtime: 102 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 06, 1985   [USA]
 
Director: John Landis   [Director]
 
Writers: Dan Aykroyd   [Screenplay]
Lowell Ganz   [Screenplay]
Babaloo Mandel   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Leslie Belzberg   [Associate Producer]
Bernie Brillstein   [Executive Producer]
George Folsey Jr.   [Producer]
Brian Grazer   [Producer]
Sam Williams   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Robert Paynter   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Malcolm Campbell   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Elmer Bernstein   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Terry Ackland-Snow   [Production Design]
Peter Murton   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Deborah Nadoolman Landis   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Marion Dougherty   [Casting]
Debbie McWilliams   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: AAR Films
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

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

Cast:

Chevy Chase
Emmett Fitz-Hume
Dan Aykroyd
Austin Millbarge
Steve Forrest
General Sline
Donna Dixon
Karen Boyer
Bruce Davison
Ruby
Terry Gilliam
Dr. Imhaus
Frank Oz
Test Monitor
Vanessa Angel
Russian Rocket Crewperson
Bernie Casey
Colonel Rhumbus
Charles McKeown
Jerry Hadley
William Prince
Keyes
Bob Hope
Self
Joel Coen
Drive-In Security
Sam Raimi
Drive-In Security
Martin Brest
Drive-In Security
Tom Hatten
General Miegs
James Daughton
Bob Hodges
Jim Staahl
Bud Schnelker
Bjarne Thomsen
Russian Rocket Crewperson
Sergey Rusakov
Russian Rocket Crewperson
Costa-Gavras
Tadzhik Highway Patrolman
Seva Novgorodtsev
Tadzhik Highway Patrolman
Stephen Hoye
Captain Hefling
Ray Harryhausen
Dr. Marston
Mark Stewart
Ace Tomato Courier
Sean Daniel
Ace Tomato Driver
 
Jeff Harding
Fitz-Hume's Associate
Heidi Sorenson
Alice, Fitz-Hume's Supervisor
Margo Random
Reporter
Douglas Lambert
Reporter
Christopher Malcolm
Jumpmaster
Terrance Conder
Soldier #1
Matt Frewer
Soldier #2
Tony Cyrus
The Khan
Gusti Bogok
Dr. La Fong
Derek Meddings
Dr. Stinson
Robert Paynter
Dr. Gill
Gurdial Sira
The Khan's Brother
Michael Apted
Ace Tomato Agent
B.B. King
Ace Tomato Agent
Larry Cohen
Ace Tomato Agent
Ricco Ross
WAMP Guard
Richard D. Sharp
WAMP Technician
Stuart Milligan
WAMP Technician
Sally Anlauf
WAMP Technician
John Daveikis
Russian Border Guard
Laurence Bilzerian
Russian Border Guard
Richard Kruk
Russian Border Guard
Heather Henson
Teenage Girl
Erin Folsey
Teenage Girl
Bob Swaim
Special Forces Commander
 

Uncredited Cast:


Nancy Gair
Student (uncredited)
 
Guy Standeven
Reporter (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Peter Brace
Stunts
Ken Buckle
Stunts
Terry Cade
Stunts
Alan Chuntz
Stunts
Clive Curtis
Stunts
Michael DeLuna
Stunts
Stuart Fell
Stunts
David Forman
Stunts
Terry Forrestal
Stunts
Lex Milloy
Stunts
 
Gerard Naprous
Stunts
Greg Powell
Stunts
Colin Skeaping
Stunts
Rocky Taylor
Stunts
Malcolm Weaver
Stunts
Paul Weston
Stunt Coordinator
Jason White
Stunts
Nick Wilkinson
Stunts
B.J. Worth
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


Donald Banks
Boom Operator
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Larry Carow
Sound Editor
Samuel C. Crutcher
Sound Editor
Don Digirolamo
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Editor
Robert Glass
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
 
Chris Ksanznak
Assistant Sound Editor
David Motta
Sound Assistant
Chuck Neely
Sound Editor
Howard Neiman
Sound Editor
Alan L. Nineberg
ADR Editor
Ivan Sharrock
Sound Mixer
Larry Singer
Supervising ADR Editor
Jerry Stanford
Sound Editor
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Ray Caple
Matte Painter
Brian Johnson
Special Effects
 
Derek Meddings
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jim Michaels
Visual Effects Producer
 
 

Art Department:


Terry Ackland-Snow
Supervising Art Director
Jim Morahan
Assistant Art Director
 
John Paterson
Construction Manager
Hugh Scaife
Set Dresser
 
 

Directing Crew:


David Garfath
Second Unit Director
Nick Heckstall-Smith
Third Assistant Director
David Sosna
First Assistant Director
 
Dusty Symonds
First Assistant Director
Gareth Tandy
Second Assistant Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Chic Anstiss
Camera Operator
David Budd
Focus Puller
Ted Deason
Focus Puller
Keith Hamshere
Still Photographer
W.C. 'Chunky' Huse
Grip
 
John May
Gaffer
John Palmer
Camera Operator
Tony Turner
Grip
Brian West
Second Unit Director of Photography
Kenneth J. Withers
Camera Operator
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Sue Wain
Wardrobe Supervisor
 
 

Other Crew:


Greg Powell
Animal Coordinator
 
Greg Powell
Animal Wrangler
 
 

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