Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson

In 1940, New York, secretary Linda Voss suspects her boss is a spy. When America enters WWII, and his key operative in Berlin is killed, Linda convinces her boss to let her go undercover. From secreta...( read more  read more... )ry to secret agent, Linda is dropped behind enemy lines. Her mission: penetrate the household of a high-ranking enemy official and get out of Germany alive.

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Directed by: David Seltzer

Release Date: January 31, 1992

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DVD Release Date: January 11, 2005

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  • August 18, 2007
    If you don't think too much, its a good movie. Melanie Griffith spying for the Americans as a German domestic even though her story about her background doesn't hold up. Michael Douglas as a spy who doesn't speak any German. Surely the Germans were not that stupid.
  • December 26, 2007
    Great movie.
  • September 4, 2009
    Liam Neeson is in it so I NEED 2 SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • September 2, 2009
    Pretty good thriller. Liam Neeson is such a great actor.
  • July 10, 2009
    I really love this movie. The lead actor's great love to his girl and the girl's great love to her family. Wondeful
  • April 10, 2009
    No thanks - Not interested
  • February 18, 2009
    He needed to trust her with his secret. She had to trust him with her life.
  • February 8, 2009
    Great Love story. Good for the Chicks....Awesome Spy Adventure...Good for the guys
  • February 6, 2009
    one of those movies about love and war.
  • November 24, 2008
    casting melanie griffith as the lead ruined this movie for me. shes not dat good an actress to carry an entire movie on her own in my opinion. even though its story has what it takes to keep an audience captivated but if it werent for michael douglas, i wudve stopped it after hal...( read more)f an hour :S

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