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1985 • 1h 42min • PG • Adventure, Comedy

Spies Like Us

"With spies like these, who needs enemies?"

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

IMDb 6.4

RT 32%

MC 22

Director

John Landis

Writers

Lowell Ganz

Babaloo Mandel

Dan Aykroyd

Composer

Elmer Bernstein

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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

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