---
title: 'Spies Like Us (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Landis'
released: '1985-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/spies-like-us-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090056/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Spies Like Us (1985)

1985 · 98 min · Comedy, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

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 Emmett Fitz-Hume and Austin Millbarge, 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 following Belushi's 1982 death and was later picked up by Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Aykroyd and Chase.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Dan Aykroyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-aykroyd), [Babaloo Mandel](https://cinepixo.com/people/babaloo-mandel), [Lowell Ganz](https://cinepixo.com/people/lowell-ganz), [Dave Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-thomas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Paynter](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-paynter)
- **Director:** [John Landis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-landis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein)
- **Producer:** [Brian Grazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-grazer)
- **Editor:** [Malcolm Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-campbell)

## Cast

- [Bernie Casey](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernie-casey)
- [Ray Harryhausen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-harryhausen)
- [Steve Forrest](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-forrest)
- [Michael Apted](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-apted)
- [Coen brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/coen-brothers)
- [Matt Frewer](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-frewer)
- [Vanessa Angel](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-angel)
- [Terry Gilliam](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-gilliam)
- [William Prince](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-prince)
- [Heidi Sorenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/heidi-sorenson)
- [Dan Aykroyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-aykroyd)
- [Chevy Chase](https://cinepixo.com/people/chevy-chase)
- [Robert Paynter](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-paynter)
- [Charles McKeown](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-mckeown)
- [Sam Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-raimi)

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