The Man Who Knew Too Little

Nov 14, 1997

1h 34m

★ 6.4

He’s on a mission so secret, even he doesn’t know about it.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Action

Production Companies

Polar Films

Arnon Milchan Productions

The Man Who Knew Too Little Trailers

Cast

Wallace Ritchie

Bill Murray

James Ritchie

Peter Gallagher

Lori

Joanne Whalley

Boris

Alfred Molina

Daggenhurst

Richard Wilson

Embleton

John Standing

Hawkins

Simon Chandler

Ludmilla Kropotkin

Geraldine James

Barbara Ritchie

Anna Chancellor

Sergei

Nicholas Woodeson

Uri

Cliff Parisi

Dimitri

John Thomson

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