Spies Like Us
With spies like these, who needs enemies?
1985 | 102m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Landis |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Dan Aykroyd, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel |
| Staring: |
| Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 06, 1985 |
|---|---|
| Director: | John Landis |
| Writer: | Dan Aykroyd, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel |
| Genres: | Comedy, Adventure |
| Keywords | spy, central intelligence agency (cia), asia, cold war, missile, kgb, bait |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, AAR Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $60,088,980
Budget: $22,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Nancy Gair | Student (uncredited) |
| Guy Standeven | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Barrie Holland | U.S. Airforce Corporal (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Colin Skeaping | Stunts |
| Alan Chuntz | Stunts |
| Brian Johnson | Special Effects |
| Robert Paynter | Director of Photography |
| Malcolm Campbell | Editor |
| Mohamed Seddik Bouabid | Line Producer |
| Deborah Nadoolman Landis | Costume Design |
| Claude Hudson | Production Manager |
| Terry Ackland-Snow | Supervising Art Director, Production Design |
| Pamela Carlton | Script Supervisor |
| Peter Murton | Production Design |
| Rufus Andrews | Location Manager |
| Stuart Neumann | Location Manager |
| Kathy Durning | Music Editor |
| Marlene Butland | Production Coordinator |
| Dan Allingham | Unit Production Manager, Production Supervisor |
| John Palmer | Production Manager |
| Christopher Knowles | Unit Manager |
| Nigel Goldsack | Location Manager |
| Kenneth J. Withers | Camera Operator |
| Derek Meddings | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Jim Michaels | Visual Effects Producer |
| Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| Dusty Symonds | First Assistant Director |
| Gareth Tandy | Second Assistant Director |
| Nick Heckstall-Smith | Third Assistant Director |
| Chic Anstiss | Camera Operator |
| John Palmer | Camera Operator |
| Ted Deason | Focus Puller |
| David Budd | Focus Puller |
| W.C. 'Chunky' Huse | Grip |
| Tony Turner | Grip |
| David Garfath | Second Unit Director |
| Brian West | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Ivan Sharrock | Sound Mixer |
| Donald Banks | Boom Operator |
| David Motta | Sound Assistant |
| Jim Morahan | Assistant Art Director |
| Hugh Scaife | Set Dresser |
| Ray Caple | Matte Painter |
| John Paterson | Construction Manager |
| Sue Wain | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Frank Griffin | Makeup Artist |
| Pauline Heys | Makeup Artist |
| Linda DeVetta | Makeup Artist |
| Stephanie Kaye | Hairdresser |
| Carole Bennett | Hairdresser |
| Janet L. Wattles | Production Accountant |
| Anna Ksiezopolska | Assistant Editor |
| Andrew MacRitchie | Assistant Editor |
| Pattye Rogers | Assistant Editor |
| Lisa Zeno Churgin | Assistant Editor |
| Margaret Adachi | Assistant Editor |
| Susan d'Arcy | Unit Publicist |
| Keith Hamshere | Still Photographer |
| John May | Gaffer |
| Richard C. Franklin | Sound Editor |
| Jerry Stanford | Sound Editor |
| Samuel C. Crutcher | Sound Editor |
| Chuck Neely | Sound Editor |
| Larry Carow | Sound Editor |
| Howard Neiman | Sound Editor |
| Larry Singer | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Alan L. Nineberg | ADR Editor |
| Christopher Palmer | Orchestrator |
| Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Don Digirolamo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bob Noland | Color Timer |
| Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| David Sosna | First Assistant Director |
| Pam Cornfeld | Production Coordinator |
| B.J. Worth | Stunts |
| Nick Wilkinson | Stunts |
| Terry Forrestal | Stunts |
| Jason White | Stunts |
| Malcolm Weaver | Stunts |
| Stuart Fell | Stunts |
| Michael DeLuna | Stunts |
| Clive Curtis | Stunts |
| Terry Cade | Stunts |
| Gerard Naprous | Stunts |
| Lex Milloy | Stunts |
| Ken Buckle | Stunts |
| Peter Brace | Stunts |
| Peter Elford | Location Manager |
| Chris Ksanznak | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Dan Aykroyd | Screenplay |
| Lowell Ganz | Screenplay |
| Babaloo Mandel | Screenplay |
| John Landis | Director |
| Greg Powell | Stunts, Animal Wrangler, Animal Coordinator |
| Debbie McWilliams | Casting |
| Paul Weston | Stunt Coordinator |
| Charles L. Campbell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | Thanks |
| Max Landis | Thanks |
| David Forman | Stunts |
| Rocky Taylor | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George Folsey Jr. | Producer |
| Sam Williams | Associate Producer |
| Leslie Belzberg | Associate Producer |
| Bernie Brillstein | Executive Producer |
| Brian Grazer | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 14 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 858 | 907 |