Spies Like Us

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. Partly filmed on location near Sognefjord in Norway (as Soviet Union) and the Sahara (as Pakistan), the film is a homage to the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to... film series. Hope himself cameos in one scene. Other cameos include directors Terry Gilliam, Sam Raimi, Costa-Gavras, Martin Brest, Frank Oz and Joel Coen, musician B. B. King, and visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. Although contemporary reviews of the film were mixed, Spies Like Us was a financial success, grossing $77 million.