Spies Like Us
Spies Like Us is a 1985 American spy comedy film directed by John Landis, and starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, and Donna Dixon. The film presents the comic adventures of two novice intelligence agents sent to the Soviet Union. Originally written by Aykroyd and Dave Thomas to star Aykroyd and John Belushi at Universal, the script went into turnaround and was later picked up by Warner Bros., starring Aykroyd and Chase.
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| Directed by | John Landis |
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| Cinematography | Robert Paynter |
| Edited by | Malcolm Campbell |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22 million |
| Box office | $77.3 million |
Partly filmed on location near Sognefjord in Norway (as Russia) and the Sahara (as Pakistan), the film is a homage to the famous Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to... film series. Hope himself cameos in one scene. Other cameos include directors Terry Gilliam, Sam Raimi, Costa-Gavras, Martin Brest, Frank Oz, and Joel Coen, musician B.B. King and visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. Contemporary reviews of the film were largely negative. Spies Like Us was a financial success, grossing $77 million.