Spy Hard
All the action. All the women. Half the intelligence.
1996 | 81m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Rick Friedberg |
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| Writer: | Rick Friedberg, Dick Chudnow, Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer |
| Staring: |
| The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held. | |
| Release Date: | May 24, 1996 |
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| Director: | Rick Friedberg |
| Writer: | Rick Friedberg, Dick Chudnow, Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer |
| Genres: | Comedy, Action |
| Keywords | atomic bomb, spoof, james bond spoof, apathetic, doubtful, dubious, frustrated |
| Production Companies | Hollywood Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $27,000,000
Budget: $18,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Leslie Nielsen | Dick Steele |
| Nicollette Sheridan | Veronique Ukrinsky |
| Charles Durning | The Director |
| Marcia Gay Harden | Miss Cheevus |
| Barry Bostwick | Norman Coleman |
| Andy Griffith | General Rancor |
| Stephanie Romanov | Victoria / Barbara Dahl |
| Talisa Soto | Desiree More |
| Robert Guillaume | Agent Steve Bishop |
| Carl Ciarfalio | Thug #1 |
| Keith Campbell | Thug #2 |
| Esau McKnight | Skippy, Warrior on Cell Phone |
| Taylor Negron | Painter |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Himself |
| Alex Trebek | Agency Tape Recorder (Voice) |
| Mr. T | Helicopter Pilot |
| Ray Charles | Busdriver |
| Joyce Brothers | Steele's Tag Team Member |
| Hulk Hogan | Steele's Other Tag Team Member |
| Pat Morita | Brian, Waiter in Restaurant |
| Elizabeth Kaitan | Helicopter Ticket Agent |
| Alexandra Paul | Woman in Murphy Bed |
| Michael Berryman | Bus Patron with Oxygen Mask |
| Eddie Deezen | Rancor Guard Who Gets Spit On |
| John Kassir | Rancor Guard at Intercom |
| John Ales | Kabul |
| Elya Baskin | Professor Ukrinsky |
| Mason Gamble | McCluckey |
| Carlos Lauchu | Slice |
| Roger Clinton, Jr. | Agent Clinton |
| Robert Culp | Businessman |
| Fabio | Fabio |
| Curtis Armstrong | Pastry Chef |
| Clyde Kusatsu | Noggin |
| Diane Klimaszewski | Twin #1 |
| Elaine Klimaszewski | Twin #2 |
| Tina Arning | Dancer |
| Rick Cramer | Heimlich, Rancor Terrorist |
| Brad Garrett | Short Rancor Guard (Voice) |
| Kelly Lange | Kelly Lange |
| Thuy Trang | Manicurist |
| Austin Kottke | Boy with Balloons |
| Reid Worthington | Balloon-Popping Boy |
| Shari Shattuck | Stewardess |
| Downtown Julie Brown | Cigarette Girl |
| Asbjørn 'Bear' Riis | Guard at Rocket (uncredited) |
| Katherine Moffat | Agent Moffat |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Doug Draizin | Producer |
| Rick Friedberg | Producer |
| Jeffrey Konvitz | Producer |
| Robert L. Rosen | Executive Producer |
| Leslie Nielsen | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 24 | 39 | 16 |
| 2024 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 15 |
| 2024 | 6 | 23 | 42 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 20 | 50 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 22 | 49 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 400 | 693 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 6 | 898 | 898 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 874 | 874 |
I think Leslie Nielsen ought to have re-considered his involvement with this really cringe-making comedy. His "Agent Dick" and "WD40" monikers are the stuff of "Carry On" films, and the rest of the humour and dialogue is almost as childish. It's a "Bond" spoof, right from the Maurice Binder-inspired ... titles, but the plot is far inferior to even the worst of Ian Fleming's works. Nicolette Sheridan ("Ukrinsky") does her best as his Russian counterpart as they both seek out a not-so-ruthless "Rancor" (Andy Griffith) who, of course, wants to take over the world - but the ensuing escapades border all to often on the ridiculously slapstick. The juice has already been well and truly squeezed from the "Drebin" style of hapless character with the daft expressions and double-entendre ridden lines; and this film seems to go on for far longer than the eighty minutes running time. Maybe it just serves to remind us how entertaining the "Naked Gun" franchise was in the beginning, but I can see little else to applaud with this poorly thought out and really derivative attempt at entertainment.