The Man Who Knew Too Little
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| 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.)
[edit] Plot
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. He becomes 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.
[edit] Cast
- Bill Murray - Wallace Ritchie
- Peter Gallagher - James Ritchie
- Joanne Whalley - Lori
- Alfred Molina - Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky
- Richard Wilson - Sir Roger Daggenhurst
- Geraldine James - Dr Ludmilla Kropotkin
- John Standing - Gilbert Embleton
- Anna Chancellor - Barbara Ritchie
- Nicholas Woodeson - Sergei
- Simon Chandler - Hawkins
- Cliff Parisi - Uri
