Part of the problem is the absence of Leslie Nielsen. Instead, Val Kilmer makes his feature debut, playing Nick Rivers – a rock star who becomes involved in a plot to reunite Germany when he plays a gig at a cultural festival behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany in the 1950s.
There are cameos from Peter Cushing, Jeremy Kemp and, hilariously, Omar Sharif, while others dress up as cows, re-enact The Great Escape(1963) and shoot clay pigeons while surfing – it’s not as funny as it should be, but it’s entertaining enough.
Nick Rivers
Val Kilmer Cedric
Omar Sharif General Streck
Jeremy Kemp Colonel von Horst
Warren Clarke Hillary Flammond
Lucy Gutteridge Dr Flammond
Michael Gough Major Crumpler
Tristram Jellinek Bookstore proprietor
Peter Cushing Albert Potato
Sydney Arnold Du Quois
Harry Ditson Nigel
Christopher Villiers Deja Vu
Jim Carter
Director
Jim Abrahams
David Zucker
Jerry Zucker
Video
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