Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Ronald Reagan
- The President of the United States
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film originally ended with the destruction of the world. Test audiences didn't like it, so a happier ending was shot on a soundstage in Burbank.
- GoofsWhen Fitz-Hume throws the live grenade back into its box and the Russians notice, two seconds before they scream you can hear a faint leading echo of that scream. This is due to use of spooled analog magnetic tape when magnetic state on one layer of tape in the spool influences the state of another. It is most noticeable after long silences like this scene. This flaw survives uncorrected even to HD versions shown on cable.
- Quotes
Russian Interregator #2: Every minute you don't tell us why you are here, I cut off a finger.
Emmett Fitz-Hume: Mine or yours?
Russian Interregator #2: Yours.
Emmett Fitz-Hume: Damn!
- Crazy creditsIn the end credits, Bob Hope's name appears on screen and then after a few seconds an exclamation mark is added.
- SoundtracksSpies Like Us
Written and Performed by Paul McCartney
Produced by Paul McCartney, Phil Ramone and Hugh Padgham
Featured review
Decent Comedy
Two bumbling government employees (Aykroyd and Chase) think they are American spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
"Spies Like Us" was met with mixed to negative reviews at the time of its 1985 release, though it has since been viewed more favorably and has developed something of a cult following in the years since. I cannot imagine this getting a negative review, though I understand why it might be mixed. This is obviously not the funniest comedy from either Aykroyd or Chase.
I suppose the popularity has grown because there is something about 80s comedies that can't be replicated. Some would say a second-rate 80s comedy is better than many since then. Even if Aykroyd and Chase starred in something now (2016), it would come nowhere near the possibility it had then.
"Spies Like Us" was met with mixed to negative reviews at the time of its 1985 release, though it has since been viewed more favorably and has developed something of a cult following in the years since. I cannot imagine this getting a negative review, though I understand why it might be mixed. This is obviously not the funniest comedy from either Aykroyd or Chase.
I suppose the popularity has grown because there is something about 80s comedies that can't be replicated. Some would say a second-rate 80s comedy is better than many since then. Even if Aykroyd and Chase starred in something now (2016), it would come nowhere near the possibility it had then.
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Box office
- Budget
- $22,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $60,106,536
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,614,039
- Dec 8, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $60,106,536
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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