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The Trouble with Spies

The most bumbling secret agent ever to hold a gun.
Dec 4, 1987 · 1h 31m
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Comedy
Adventure

PLOT

George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small hotel with several busybody guests. He probes them for information about Trent, their former neighbor. Meanwhile, the spy survives several attempts on his life as he attempts to solve the mystery.

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CAST

Donald Sutherland
Appleton Porter
Ned Beatty
Harry Lewis
Ruth Gordon
Mrs. Arkwright
Lucy Gutteridge
Mona
Michael Hordern
Jason Locke
Robert Morley
Angus
Gregory Sierra
Capt. Sanchez
Suzanne Danielle
Maria
Directed by Burt Kennedy

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Brigade Productions, HBO Films, DEG
Country
US

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