Comedy ·Adventure ·Action · United States of America · 1987 · 1h 31m

The Trouble with Spies

Director

Cast

Donald Sutherland as Appleton Porter Ned Beatty as Harry Lewis Ruth Gordon as Mrs. Arkwright Lucy Gutteridge as Mona Michael Hordern as Jason Locke Robert Morley as Angus

Crew

Álex Phillips Jr. — Director of Photography Warner E. Leighton — Editor Ken Thorne — Original Music Composer Burt Kennedy — Writer Mark McShane — Novel Burt Kennedy — Producer

Tagline

The most bumbling secret agent ever to hold a gun.

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Burt Kennedy Director Álex Phillips Jr. Director of Photography Warner E. Leighton Editor Ken Thorne Original Music Composer Burt Kennedy Writer Mark McShane Novel Burt Kennedy Producer José María Tapiador Production Design Gwenda Evans Costume Design

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