Top Secret!

Top Secret! Videos

1:19

Top Secret!: Trailer 1

View All Videos (1)

Top Secret! Photos

View All Photos (15)

Cast & Crew

Val Kilmer
Nick Rivers

Lucy Gutteridge
Hillary Flammond

Christopher Villiers
Nigel aka The Torch, Resistance Leader

Omar Sharif
Agent Cedric

Peter Cushing
Sven Jorgensen, the Sweden Bookstore Owner, Resistance Member

Jeremy Kemp
General Streck, German High Command

Billy J. Mitchell
Martin, Nick's Manager

Michael Gough
Dr. Paul Flammond

Harry Ditson
Du Quois, Resistance Member

Jim Carter
Déjà Vu, Resistance Member

Jim Abrahams
Director

David Zucker
Director

Jerry Zucker
Director

Jim Abrahams
Writer

David Zucker
Writer

Jim Abrahams
Executive Producer

David Zucker
Executive Producer

Jerry Zucker
Executive Producer

Hunt Lowry
Producer

Jon Davison
Producer

Show all Cast & Crew

News & Interviews for Top Secret!

Critic Reviews for Top Secret!

Audience Reviews for Top Secret!

• Mar 12, 2019

  In 1958 breakout rock and roll star Elvis Presley was drafted into the U.S. Army, frustrating his fans while delighting his numerous detractors, fearful of a sexual revolution - which kinda happened anyway come to think of it. But what if that real event had been more like one of his goofy movies, or say more inventively, a WW2 or Cold War movie? And so Top Secret takes it's inspiration, and it's many liberties, with Val Kilmer (in his first role and doing all the singing too) as a traveling American music idol caught up behind the Iron Curtain in espionage intrigues. There's plenty of laughs interspered with plenty of Back To The Future-style (which this preceded by one year) musical numbers. Some fun.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
• Apr 15, 2018

  With less jokes per second than Airplane! (which was the kind of comedy that shot in every direction to see what could hit), this decent spoof of spy movies is more Mel Brooks than the Marx brothers and less irregular than that movie, even though not nearly as memorable.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Aug 17, 2015

  I'm sure you know what to expect from the creators of the amazing Airplane and Naked Gun. This film is, honestly, no different from those two films, at all. That's why this review probably won't be very long, but I did have an absolute blast watching this. And, for a movie that's 31 years old, it actually holds up really fucking well. Outside of some jokes, that are obviously relevant to the time and era the film was released in, that someone born post-1984 won't understand, like the Mel Torme jokes, which was one of the few segments of the film that fell flat, to me, mostly because I had no idea what they were talking about. So, in a way, through no fault of my own, that's on me, since I simply didn't understand the context of what was going on, other than suggesting that perhaps Mel Torme wasn't particularly talented or good-looking. If that wasn't it, then I simply did not understand it. But, other than that, and maybe other part of the film where the jokes didn't really hit, the film threw so much shit out there that it was actually quite impressive when a good percentage of the jokes actually hit. With films like these, where you throw everything but the kitchen sink out there, it shouldn't be a surprise when there are as many misses as there are hits. That's just the lay of the land. High risk means high rewards, but it also means you could also fall flat on your face. But, thankfully, this film is really funny for the most part. This is a movie that actually gets funnier as it goes along. It doesn't peak early and then falls off a cliff. So that's also something to commend, because there are so many comedies I've seen that taper off after their peak. Even films that I would consider better than this. I'm not even gonna go through all the jokes in the film, because then I would be here forever. But you know what to expect from these guys. Lots of silly lines, goofy sight gags, like a character looking like he has his feet on his desk, but it turns out that it's just his boots positioned to look that way. Stupid shit like that, honestly. It's stupid, but it's really funny and cleverly done. There's some moments of self-awareness, but it leads to one of the funnier moments in the entire film. I had so much fun watching this and I simply can't recommend it enough. It might not be as good as Airplane or the first Naked Gun, but it's a consistently really funny film from top to bottom. It's just that good. It's severely underrated as well. I think being stuck between Airplane, Police Squad and Naked Gun didn't do it any favors, but it's only really a step below those films (and series) that I mentioned. I'd definitely recommend it, it's an absolute blast to watch.
  Jesse O Super Reviewer
• Jul 25, 2014

  It's a wonderfully absurd barrage of nonsensical gags. Considering how popular all the other Zucker, Zucker, and Abrahams comedies are, you'd think "Top Secret" would better remembered (or just remembered at all) but it may just be because the film has barely any plot . . . but really, who cares?
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer

Top Secret! Quotes

Movie & TV guides