The Man Who Knew Too Little

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The Man Who Knew Too Little

Directed by	Jon Amiel
Produced by	Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.
Written by	Robert Farrar Howard Franklin
Starring	Bill Murray Peter Gallagher Joanne Whalley Alfred Molina Richard Wilson Geraldine James John Standing Anna Chancellor
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	November 14, 1997
Running time	94 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Man Who Knew Too Little is a 1997 comedy starring Bill Murray. The movie is based on Robert Farrar's novel Watch That Man, and the title is a parody of Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much (though the film itself makes no reference to it.)

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Wallace Ritchie (Murray) flies to England to spend his birthday with his brother, James (Peter Gallagher). James has business guests coming over and must find something to occupy his brother until dinner's over. Wallace ends up taking part in the "Theatre Of Life," which promises to treat the participant as a character in a crime drama. Trouble begins when Wallace answers a phone call intended for a hitman, and is mistaken for a real spy. Now he's tangled up in a plot to kill Russian and British dignitaries on the eve of the signing of an important peace agreement between the nations. For him, it's all an act. But to the men who want a second Cold War, Wallace is public enemy number one.