The Man Who Knew Too Little
An unsuspecting American tourist wins a ticket to a live audience game in London and must navigate a dangerous web of espionage, all while believing the deadly intrigue is just part of the performance.
“He’s on a mission so secret, even he doesn’t know about it.”
Synopsis
An American man wins a ticket to participate in a live audience game in London, only to become entangled in a case of mistaken identity. As an international intrigue unfolds around him, he mistakenly believes the entire situation is part of the performance.
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Principal cast & crew: 23
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Edited by Pamela PowerShot by Robert M StevensScored by Christopher YoungDesigned by Jim Clay
Box Office
1997 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$13.8M
US & Canada: $13.7M — 99% of worldwide · International: $85K (1%)
Also known as
- Agent Null Null Nixde
- Agent Null Null Nix - Bill Murray in Hirnloser Missionde
- L'Homme qui en savait trop... peufr
- L'uomo che sapeva troppo pocoit
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Cast & Crew
23 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Richard Wilson
as Sir Roger Daggenhurst
Alfred Molina
as Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky
Bill Murray
as Wallace Ritchie
Joanne Whalley
as Lori
Peter Gallagher
as James Ritchie
John Standing
as Gilbert Embleton
Simon Chandler
as Hawkins
Geraldine James
as Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin
Anna Chancellor
as Barbara Ritchie
Nicholas Woodeson
as Sergei
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1Writers
2Producers
3Other crew
7Parents Guide
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