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The Experts (1989)
- PG-13
- 01/13/1989 (US)
- Action, Comedy
- 1h 34m
Two abducted Americans are going to tell the Russians everything they know. Poor Russia.
Overview
Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they've actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training, is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies, and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?
Dave Thomas
DirectorEric Alter
Screenplay, StoryNick Thiel
ScreenplaySteven Greene
Screenplay, StoryCast
![John Travolta's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/JSt3skdZpGPJYJixCZqH599WdI.jpg)
John Travolta
Travis![Arye Gross's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/7pNNrW5JGpHt2tJeXPOSB3BLzeX.jpg)
Arye Gross
Wendell![Kelly Preston's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/yyD9u0ziaHBrNs2eYx21pMG4Iq5.jpg)
Kelly Preston
Bonnie![Deborah Foreman's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/teCFGZtVGjt0iA9GB4jUXWMycAN.jpg)
Deborah Foreman
Jill![James Keach's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/fvy4gGSHcKnbRlgL07XfiI7udXk.jpg)
James Keach
Yuri![Jan Rubeš's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/w5SCEdSz6FJIBvGWjWxufvjTZnb.jpg)
Jan Rubeš
Illyich![Brian Doyle-Murray's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/1sDChfTscA1mone1uSJVPtbFn4l.jpg)
Brian Doyle-Murray
Mr. Jones![Charles Martin Smith's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/uzm5v0Q7nCH223EvPiJyh9Y0qiN.jpg)