Top Secret!
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.
Director(s)
Barry Langley
Gerry Gavigan
Andrew Warren
Mike Higgins
Trevor Puckle
Kevin Westley
Jerry Daly
Jack Lowin
Marilyn Clarke
Pamela Davies
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As spoofs go, this is an adequate vehicle for the handsome and charismatic Val Kilmer to squeeze into his 501s and take on the mantle of American rock star "Nick Rivers". He is invited to take part in a cultural exchange concert in the still militaristic East Germany and so, under the watchful eye of "Gen. Streck" (a super-hammy Jeremy Kemp) he has to stay out of trouble until his gig. Easier said than done though when he meets and falls for the feisty "Hillary" (Lucy Gutteridge) and is soon embroiled is a plot to rescue her scientist father (Michael Gough) from the scheming communists before he is forced to create a weapon to end all weapons. The joke looks pretty squarely aimed at Elvis this, and Kilmer makes a decent fist of the gyrating and hair-spraying. Indeed, had we a bit more of these scenes and less of the rather obvious and clumsy espionage malarkey, it might have been a better film. As it is, though, it plays the parody hand just a bit too heavily for me and after a while the cultural clashes appeared to be as much between the star and his largely British supporting cast as much as having anything to do with scheming generals. It's not a film that needs your concentration, it has a reasonably toe-tapping soundtrack and if you aim low, you ought not to be disappointed.
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The directors of Top Secret! are Barry Langley, Gerry Gavigan, Andrew Warren, Mike Higgins, Trevor Puckle, Kevin Westley, Jerry Daly, Jack Lowin, Marilyn Clarke, and Pamela Davies.
The cast of Top Secret! includes Christopher Villiers as Nigel, Paul Weston as Croissant (uncredited), Billy J. Mitchell as Martin, Nick's Manager, Gertan Klauber as Mayor, Ron Gregory as Restaurant Patron/Ballet Audience Member (uncredited), Janos Kurucz as Wagon Driver, Harry Fielder as German Guard (uncredited), Guy Standeven as Man Singing National Anthem (uncredited), Warren Clarke as Colonel von Horst, Omar Sharif as Agent Cedric, Marc Boyle as Chevalier (uncredited), Jim Dowdall as Resistance Member (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Top Secret! is 1h 30 mins.
Yes. Top Secret! has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including Top Secret! (1984) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]. Watch them on this page.
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Top Secret! was released on 22 Jun 1984.
Top Secret! is listed under Comedy on Fanbiz.
Top Secret! has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "As spoofs go, this is an adequate vehicle for the handsome and charismatic Val Kilmer to squeeze into his 501s and take on the mantle of American rock star "Nick Rivers". He is..."
