Top Secret!

Top Secret!
In a white background, a cow with boots leaving behind footprints, with the film's title in red inside a Red and white rectangle. The film's top tagline reads "Shhh!" with an fine print mentioning "(Not the Wright Brothers)", referencing the directors and writers who also worked on one of their previous works, "Airplane!".
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChristopher Challis
Edited by
Music byMaurice Jarre
Production
company
Kingsmere Properties
Distributed byParamount Pictures (North America)
United International Pictures (International)
Release dates
  • June 22, 1984 (1984-06-22) (United States)
  • October 5, 1984 (1984-10-05) (United Kingdom)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Yiddish
  • Latin
  • French
Budget$8.5[2]–9 million[3]
Box office$20.5 million[4]

Top Secret! is a 1984 action comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ) and Martyn Burke. It stars Val Kilmer (in his film debut role) and Lucy Gutteridge alongside a supporting cast featuring Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, and Jeremy Kemp. The film parodies various film styles such as musicals starring Elvis Presley, spy films of the Cold War era and World War II films. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre.

  1. ^ "Top Secret (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 19, 1984. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NewYorkTimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Top Secret!". TheWrap. June 22, 1984. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Top Secret! (1984)". Box Office Mojo. July 31, 1984. Retrieved January 27, 2017.

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