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A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 77%, Metacritic 68/100. Scores higher than 82% of the 973 1980s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic68/100
1,466 audience votes
Key crew
- Jim AbrahamsScreenplay
- Jerry ZuckerScreenplay
- Martyn BurkeScreenplay
- Jim AbrahamsDirector
- Jerry ZuckerDirector
- David ZuckerScreenplay
- David ZuckerDirector
- Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Val KilmerNick Rivers
- Lucy GutteridgeHillary Flammond
- Peter CushingBookstore Proprietor
- Jeremy KempGeneral Streck
- Christopher VilliersNigel
- Warren ClarkeColonel von Horst
- Harry DitsonDu Quois
- Jim CarterDéjà Vu
- Eddie TagoeChocolate Mousse
- Omar SharifAgent Cedric
- Tristram JellinekMajor Crumpler
- Billy J. MitchellMartin, Nick's Manager
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The Best Movies of 1984
Top Secret! is #35 of 60
