The Experts (1989)
Two abducted Americans are going to tell the Russians everything they know. Poor Russia.
94 min
Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they've actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training, is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies, and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?
- Release date
- January 13, 1989
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $13,000,000
- Box office
- $169,203
Trailer
Cast
- John Travolta as Travis
- Arye Gross as Wendell
- Kelly Preston as Bonnie
- Deborah Foreman as Jill
- James Keach as Yuri
- Jan Rubes as Illyich
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Jones
- Charles Martin Smith as Mr. Smith
- Mimi Maynard as Mrs. Smith
- Eve Brent as Aunt Thelma
Crew
- Dave Thomas · Director
- Steven Greene · Writer
- Eric Alter · Writer
- Nick Thiel · Writer
- James Keach · Producer
- Marvin Hamlisch · Composer
- Ronnie Taylor · Cinematographer
- Bud Molin · Editor
- Marci Liroff · Casting director
- David Fischer · Production designer