---
title: 'Spy Hard (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rick Friedberg'
released: '1996-05-24'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/spy-hard-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117723/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Spy Hard (1996)

1996 · 81 min · Comedy, Action, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Spy Hard is a 1996 American spy parody film starring Leslie Nielsen and Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick, and Andy Griffith, parodying James Bond and other action films. The introduction to the film is sung by comedy artist "Weird Al" Yankovic, and it was the first film to be written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, who went on to write and direct parody films such as Date Movie, Disaster Movie, and Meet the Spartans. The film's title is a parody of Die Hard. The film was directed by Rick Friedberg who produced with Doug Draizin and Jeffrey Konvitz. The film follows Dick Steele, Agent WD-40, who is assigned by his Director, to stop the evil General Rancor from destroying the world. WD-40 believed Rancor was dead and he teams up with the hot KGB Agent Veronique Ukrinsky to find Rancor and save the world.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rick Friedberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-friedberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Rick Friedberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-friedberg), [Aaron Seltzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-seltzer), [Jason Friedberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-friedberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bill Conti](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-conti)
- **Producer:** [Jeffrey Konvitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-konvitz)
- **Director of Photography:** [John R. Leonetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-r-leonetti)

## Cast

- [Bruce Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-gray)
- [Talisa Soto](https://cinepixo.com/people/talisa-soto)
- [Tone Lōc](https://cinepixo.com/people/tone-loc)
- [Kevin Michael Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-michael-richardson)
- [Elizabeth Kaitan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-kaitan)
- [Leslie Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-nielsen)
- [Marcia Gay Harden](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcia-gay-harden)
- [Brian Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-howe)
- [Mason Gamble](https://cinepixo.com/people/mason-gamble)
- [John Kassir](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kassir)
- [Ray Charles](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-charles)
- [Michael Berryman](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-berryman)
- [Robert Guillaume](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-guillaume)
- ["Weird Al" Yankovic](https://cinepixo.com/people/weird-al-yankovic)
- [Barry Bostwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-bostwick)

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