Spies Like Us

Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase star in this action comedy as two bumbling government employees who actually think that they are U.S. spies., Emmett Fitz-Hume and Austin Millbarge, are two CIA spies who have never left their desks. To their own surprise they are selected for a mission to save the world from a nuclear disaster and now they must work together even though they can hardly stand one another., Two misfit low-level CIA agents are turned into decoys by their superiors and sent to Pakistan to distract Soviet agents from discovering the genuine American spies in the area. However, the two bumbling buddies end up making more of a difference in the cold war than anyone expects., Austin Millbarge and Emmett Fitz-Hume are two loser misfits who dwell in the lower ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency. Caught cheating on their latest round of tests, Austin and Emmett expect to be fired but are instead made full field agents and ushered into intense training. Little do they know that it’s all a ruse and that they’re about to be dumped in Pakistan to throw Russian spies off the scent of two real agents with an important clandestine assignment., Two federal employees think they are super spies, but are actually decoys to allow the real spies to penetrate Soviet defenses., Cold War comedy in which two bungling bureaucrats are chosen by the CIA for a top-secret mission, unaware they are only decoys to allow some real spies to seize control of a Russian missile. After undergoing a crash training course, the pair are dropped into the wilds of Pakistan. The true nature of the mission only comes to light after they encounter some Russians posing as American spies and get captured by Afghan rebels., Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase, veterans of the Saturday Night Live comedy show, team up in their first film together, a spoof spy pic. The two comics play secret service operatives Austin Millbarge and Emmett Fitz-Hume new to the cloak and dagger business. It shows. The man behind the camera is John Landis, a comedy veteran who also directed Aykroyd in Trading Places and The Blues Brothers., Director John Landis helmed this Cold War farce starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase as Austin Millbarge and Emmett Fitz-Hume — two loser misfits who dwell in the lower ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency. Convinced despite much evidence to the contrary that they’re prime secret agent material, both men keep taking service exams in an effort to win promotion. Caught cheating on their latest round of tests, Austin and Emmett expect to be fired but are instead made full field agents and ushered into intense training. Little do they know that it’s all a ruse and that they’re about to be dumped in Pakistan to throw Russian spies off the scent of two real agents with an important clandestine assignment. A spoof of the “road” pictures popularized by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, the film features a cameo by the latter as his golf-playing self.