Spies Like Us (1985)
Directed by John Landis
Two hopeless government clerks are sent as decoy spies from Washington to Pakistan and across Afghanistan into Soviet Central Asia, unaware that a real team is using them to reach a mobile missile launcher.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Code room and exam≈ 00:02:00The Pentagon, Arlington, VirginiaStated on screen
Millbarge breaks codes in the Pentagon basement; he and Fitz-Hume are caught cheating on a foreign service exam and chosen as decoys.
- 2Arrival in Pakistan≈ 00:25:00PakistanStated on screen
Flown to Pakistan, the pair bungle their landing and are spotted by Soviet agents.
- 3Mountain camp≈ 00:35:00AfghanistanStated on screen
Crossing into Afghanistan, they are taken for doctors and asked to perform surgery.
- 4Soviet mobile ICBM launch site, Pamir Mountains (fictional)≈ 01:05:00Stated on screenFictional
- 4W.A.M.P. bunker under a drive-in, Nevada (fictional)≈ 01:15:00Stated on screenFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 12,652 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 5
- Plane: 11,565 km
- Not shown: 1,086 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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