The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Man Who Knew Too Little is a 1997 American comedy espionage film starring Bill Murray, directed by Jon Amiel, and written by Robert Farrar and Howard Franklin. The film is based on Farrars novel Watch That Man, and the title is a parody of Alfred Hitchcocks 1934 film The Man Who Knew Too Much and his 1956 remake of the same title.

The contact, Sir Roger Daggenhurst Richard Wilson, mistakes Wallace for Spencer, the hitman he has hired and Wallace assumes the identity. The real Spencer Terry ONeill picks up the phone call meant for Wallace and murders one of the actors, prompting a police investigation. Daggenhurst, his assistant Hawkins Simon Chandler, British Defense Minister Gilbert Embleton John Standing, and Russian intelligence agent Sergei Nicholas Woodeson plan to detonate an explosive device hidden in a Matryoshka doll during a dinner between British and Russian dignitaries, to rekindle the Cold War and replace their aging technology.Still believing hes acting with the Theatre of Life, Wally meets Lori Joanne Whalley, Embletons callgirl. Lori plans to blackmail Embleton for a substantial amount of money using letters that detail the plot. Spencer was hired to eliminate her and destroy the letters. Wallace scares off Embleton when he arrives to look for them and drives off Spencer. Fearing their plot will be revealed, Daggenhurst hires two more hitmen, while Sergei hires nowinactive spy Boris The Butcher Blavasky Alfred Molina, to eliminate Spencer. Boris succeeds in killing the real Spencer, but Wallace and Lori return, retrieving the letters. ........

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