Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us is a 1985 American 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. Austin Millbarge is a geekish, basement-dwelling codebreaker for The Pentagon who aspires to escape his under-respected job to become a secret agent. Emmett Fitz-Hume, a wisecracking, pencil-pushing son of an en... More

Initial release date:

  • Dec 6, 1985

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 42 min

Also known as:

  • Spies Like Us

Film

Directed by

John Landis

John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson. Landis was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Shirley Levine (née...

Tagline:

  • With spies like these who needs enemies?

Release date(s):

Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1985
  • Nov 10, 1998
  • Nov 3, 2009
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 42 min

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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 22,000,000

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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 6,602
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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