"Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war."
Chevy Chase
as Emmett Fitz-Hume
Dan Aykroyd
as Austin Millbarge
Steve Forrest
as General Sline
Donna Dixon
as Karen Boyer
Bruce Davison
as Ruby
Terry Gilliam
as Dr. Imhaus
Frank Oz
as Test Monitor
Vanessa Angel
as Russian Rocket Crewperson
Bernie Casey
as Colonel Rhumbus
Charles McKeown
as Jerry Hadley
William Prince
as Keyes
Bob Hope
as Self
Joel Coen
as Drive-In Security
Sam Raimi
Martin Brest
Tom Hatten
as General Miegs
James Daughton
as Bob Hodges
Jim Staahl
as Bud Schnelker
Bjarne Thomsen
Sergey Rusakov
Costa-Gavras
as Tadzhik Highway Patrolman
Seva Novgorodtsev
Stephen Hoye
as Captain Hefling
Ray Harryhausen
as Dr. Marston
Mark Stewart
as Ace Tomato Courier
Sean Daniel
as Ace Tomato Driver
Jeff Harding
as Fitz-Hume's Associate
Heidi Sorenson
as Alice, Fitz-Hume's Supervisor
Margo Random
as Reporter
Douglas Lambert
Christopher Malcolm
as Jumpmaster
Terrance Conder
as Soldier #1
Matt Frewer
as Soldier #2
Tony Cyrus
as The Khan
Gusti Bogok
as Dr. La Fong
Derek Meddings
as Dr. Stinson
Robert Paynter
as Dr. Gill
Gurdial Sira
as The Khan's Brother
Michael Apted
as Ace Tomato Agent
B.B. King
Larry Cohen
Ricco Ross
as WAMP Guard
Richard D. Sharp
as WAMP Technician
Stuart Milligan
Sally Anlauf
John Daveikis
as Russian Border Guard
Laurence Bilzerian
Richard Kruk
Heather Henson
as Teenage Girl
Erin Folsey
Bob Swaim
as Special Forces Commander
Nancy Gair
as Student (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as Reporter (uncredited)
John Landis
Director
Bernie Brillstein
Executive Producer
Screenplay
Malcolm Campbell
Editor
Babaloo Mandel
George Folsey Jr.
Producer
Brian Johnson
Special Effects
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Lowell Ganz
Brian Grazer
Greg Powell
Animal Wrangler
Stunts
Animal Coordinator
Ivan Sharrock
Sound Mixer
Chic Anstiss
Camera Operator
John Palmer
Donald Banks
Boom Operator
Nick Heckstall-Smith
Third Assistant Director
David Garfath
Second Unit Director
Ray Caple
Matte Painter
Jim Morahan
Assistant Art Director
Gareth Tandy
Second Assistant Director
David Budd
Focus Puller
Brian West
Second Unit Director of Photography
David Motta
Sound Assistant
Marion Dougherty
Casting
Dusty Symonds
First Assistant Director
W.C. 'Chunky' Huse
Grip
Hugh Scaife
Set Dresser
Ted Deason
John Paterson
Construction Manager
Tony Turner
Debbie McWilliams
Samuel C. Crutcher
Sound Editor
Pauline Heys
Makeup Artist
Frank Griffin
Linda DeVetta
Jerry Stanford
Andrew MacRitchie
Assistant Editor
John May
Gaffer
Larry Carow
Janet L. Wattles
Production Accountant
Paul Weston
Stunt Coordinator
Larry Singer
Supervising ADR Editor
Stephanie Kaye
Hairdresser
Pattye Rogers
Richard C. Franklin
Margaret Adachi
Carole Bennett
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Sue Wain
Wardrobe Supervisor
Anna Ksiezopolska
Lisa Zeno Churgin
Keith Hamshere
Still Photographer
Chuck Neely
Susan d'Arcy
Unit Publicist
Howard Neiman
Alan L. Nineberg
ADR Editor
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
Dan Allingham
Unit Production Manager
David Sosna
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Christopher Palmer
Orchestrator
Don Digirolamo
Bob Noland
Color Timer
Robert Glass
David Forman
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Thanks
Michael DeLuna
Pam Cornfeld
Production Coordinator
Jason White
Malcolm Weaver
Peter Brace
Lex Milloy
Terry Forrestal
Stuart Fell
Max Landis
B.J. Worth
Terry Cade
Nick Wilkinson
Rocky Taylor
Ken Buckle
Colin Skeaping
Clive Curtis
Alan Chuntz
Gerard Naprous
Peter Elford
Location Manager
Leslie Belzberg
Associate Producer
Pamela Carlton
Script Supervisor
Sam Williams
Stuart Neumann
Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Costume Design
Production Supervisor
Peter Murton
Production Design
Nigel Goldsack
Terry Ackland-Snow
Claude Hudson
Production Manager
Mohamed Seddik Bouabid
Line Producer
Kathy Durning
Music Editor
Rufus Andrews
Marlene Butland
Supervising Art Director
Christopher Knowles
Unit Manager
Chris Ksanznak
Assistant Sound Editor
Kenneth J. Withers
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jim Michaels
Visual Effects Producer