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Plot

Jeff Grant (River Phoenix) is a San Diego teen who discovers his father Richard (Richard Jenkins) and mother Elizabeth Grant) are KGB agents. When he applies to the Air Force Academy, a routine FBI check leads to the shocking news. Soon the suburb of Fountain Grove becomes the focus of international agents and espionage. FBI agent Roy Parmenter (Sidney Poitier) helps Jeff absorb the shock and he battles KGB agent Konstantin Karpov (Richard Bradford) in a race to capture the Soviet agents. The excellent performances from Poitier and Phoenix are the highlight of this feature.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action,Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
97min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/18/1988
DVD Release Date:
09/17/2002
Distributor(s):
Columbia Pictures
Director(s):
Richard Benjamin
Starring:
Sidney Poitier , River Phoenix , Richard Jenkins , Caroline Kava , Richard Bradford
Themes:
Assumed Identities,Double Life,Traitorous Spies/Double Agents
Tone:
Forceful,Paranoid,Tense
Keywords:
agent [representative],double-agent,dysfunctional,espionage,family,family-secrets,investigator,life-choices,love-choices,political-intrigue,renegade,self-discovery,teenagers
Country of Origin:
USA (03-18-1988)
Language:
English