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| Director: | Irvin Kershner | 
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| Writer: | Malcolm Marmorstein, Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman | 
| Staring: | 
| Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 05, 1974 | 
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| Director: | Irvin Kershner | 
| Writer: | Malcolm Marmorstein, Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Action | 
| Keywords | espionage, murder, hijinks | 
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, American Film Properties, Dymphana, EMI Film Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $12,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Elliott Gould | Griff | 
| Donald Sutherland | Bruland | 
| Zouzou | Sybil | 
| Joss Ackland | Martinson | 
| Xavier Gélin | Paul | 
| Vladek Sheybal | Borisenko | 
| Michael Petrovitch | Sevitsky | 
| Shane Rimmer | Hessler | 
| Kenneth Griffith | Lippet | 
| Pierre Oudrey | Revolutionary | 
| Kenneth J. Warren | Grubov | 
| Jacques Marin | Lafayette | 
| Jeffry Wickham | Seely | 
| Nigel Hawthorne | Croft | 
| John Bardon | Evans | 
| Yuri Borienko | Yuri | 
| James Woolley | Alan | 
| Melanie Ackland | Ellie | 
| Michael Anthony | Priest | 
| Larry Taylor | Lippet's Bodyguard | 
| Norman Atkyns | Head Waiter (uncredited) | 
| Ernest Blyth | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 
| Ishaq Bux | Indian Agent (uncredited) | 
| Robert Cawdron | Vet (uncredited) | 
| Andre Charisse | Clerk (uncredited) | 
| Raf De La Torre | King of Swobodia (uncredited) | 
| Andy Ho | Toy Ling (uncredited) | 
| Alf Joint | KGB agent (uncredited) | 
| Eric Kent | KGB Agent (uncredited) | 
| Hella Petri | Prostitute (uncredited) | 
| Steve Plytas | Wedding Usher (uncredited) | 
| George Pravda | Russian Coach (uncredited) | 
| Phillip Ross | KGB Agent (uncredited) | 
| John Tatham | Restaurant Diner (uncredited) | 
| Reg Thomason | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Robert Lawrence | Editor | 
| Michael Seymour | Production Design | 
| Richard Rambaut | Art Direction | 
| Rick Lester | Stunt Double | 
| Keith Palmer | Editor | 
| Maude Spector | Casting | 
| Richard Mills | Makeup Artist | 
| Maude Onslow | Hairstylist | 
| Hugh Harlow | Production Manager | 
| Jere Henshaw | Executive In Charge Of Production | 
| Mishka Cheyko | Assistant Director | 
| Gerry Gavigan | Second Assistant Director | 
| Michael Murray | Third Assistant Director | 
| Frank Berlin | Standby Painter | 
| Don Bradburn | Property Master | 
| Dennis Fruin | Props | 
| Keith Pain | Draughtsman | 
| Alan Bell | Sound Editor | 
| Gus Lloyd | Boom Operator | 
| Wally Nelson | Sound Editor | 
| Doug E. Turner | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Bernard Ford | Camera Operator | 
| Frank Batt | Grip | 
| Ron Lyons | Electrician | 
| Joe Pearce | Still Photographer | 
| Mike Rutter | Focus Puller | 
| Chris Tanner | Clapper Loader | 
| Rita Wakely | Wardrobe Master | 
| John Southwood | Location Manager | 
| Kenneth Hall | Supervising Music Editor | 
| Brian Brockwell | Production Accountant | 
| Eddy Joseph | Assistant Editor | 
| Malcolm Marmorstein | Screenplay | 
| Lawrence J. Cohen | Screenplay | 
| Fred Freeman | Screenplay | 
| Harry Cordwell | Set Decoration | 
| Sue Yelland | Costume Design | 
| Irvin Kershner | Director | 
| Jerry Goldsmith | Conductor, Original Music Composer | 
| Gerry Fisher | Director of Photography | 
| Alf Joint | Stunts | 
| Rémy Julienne | Stunt Driver, Stunt Coordinator | 
| Anthony Waye | Assistant Director | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Edward Joseph | Associate Producer | 
| Robert Chartoff | Producer | 
| Irwin Winkler | Producer | 
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