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Little Nikita

Little Nikita

He went to bed an all-American kid and woke up the son of Russian spies.

1988•1h 38m•6.1/10
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6.1/10(116)

An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.

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Production

Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Roy Parmenter

River Phoenix

River Phoenix

Jeff Grant

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins

Richard Grant

Caroline Kava

Caroline Kava

Elizabeth Grant

Lucy Deakins

Lucy Deakins

Barbara Kerry

Richard Bradford

Richard Bradford

Konstantin Karpov

Richard Lynch

Richard Lynch

Scuba

Jerry Hardin

Jerry Hardin

Brewer

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Verna McLaughlin

Albert Fortell

Bunin

Ronald Guttman

Ronald Guttman

Spessky

Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas

Miguel

Roberto Jiménez

Joaquin

Robert Madrid

Robert Madrid

Sergeant Leathers

Chez Lister

Tom

Bill Stevenson

Bill Stevenson

Tony

Thomas R. Zak

Brett

Newell Alexander

Newell Alexander

Drill Sergeant

Ingrid M. Rhoads

Corporal Hogan

Lisa McCullough

Lisa McCullough

Water Skier

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