Spies Like Us is the name of a 1985 comedy film directed by
John Landis, starring
Chevy Chase,
Dan Aykroyd,
Steve Forrest, and
Donna Dixon. The movie presents the comic adventures of two novice intelligence agents sent to the
Soviet Union. The promotional song from this movie, "
Spies Like Us", was composed and performed by
Paul McCartney.
Plot
Dan Aykroyd plays Austin Millbarge, a geekish, basement-dwelling codebreaker for
the Pentagon, who aspires to escape his under-respected job to become a secret agent. Chase is Emmett Fitz-Hume, a wisecracking, pencil-pushing son of an envoy who takes the foreign service exam under peer pressure. Millbarge and Fitz-Hume meet during the test, on which Fitz-Hume is openly attempting to cheat.