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About
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.
Theatrical
Nov 14, 1997
Box Office
$13.8M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
0.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 25, 1998
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Studio
Polar Films, Arnon Milchan Productions
Keywords
london, england
bomb
sibling relationship
helicopter
based on novel or book
hitman
sex scandal
time bomb
mistaken identity
escape
political assassination
agent
american abroad
timer
screwball comedy
american in the uk
assassination attempt
spy ring
bomb threat
post cold war
simpleton
political conspiracy
international espionage
matryoshka
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Cast
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Bill Murray
Wallace Ritchie
P
Peter Gallagher
James Ritchie
J
Joanne Whalley
Lori
A
Alfred Molina
Boris
R
Richard Wilson
Daggenhurst
J
John Standing
Embleton
S
Simon Chandler
Hawkins
G
Geraldine James
Ludmilla Kropotkin
A
Anna Chancellor
Barbara Ritchie
N
Nicholas Woodeson
Sergei
C
Cliff Parisi
Uri
J
John Thomson
Dimitri
J
Janet Henfrey
Ms. Goldstein
T
Terry O'Neill
Spenser
D
Donald Pickering
Sir Duncan
V
Venetia Barrett
Sir Duncan's Wife
T
Terence Harvey
Herr Schuster
C
Cate Fowler
Frau Schuster
R
Richard Dixon
Rupert
S
Sarah Crowden
Sylvia
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Quotes
See all →Misunderstandings About Identity and Secrecy
Roger
What are you doing with one of our communicators, Cochran?
Chief Inspector Cockburn
This man refused to provide me with any identification.
Roger
Of course he didn't provide you with any indentification He's a secret agent.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Confusion Over a Bathroom Situation
Hawkins
Spencer, did you flush?
Wallace
I think she's going to do that. Don't you, pal? I'll ask her. Lori!
Hawkins
He's taking to her!
[''quietly to Daggenhurst'']
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
