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Little Nikita

Little Nikita

1988Movie⏱️ 1h 38mPG
DramaThriller
5.9
IMDB Rating
6,350 votes

An F.B.I. Agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son.

Director
Richard Benjamin
Writers
John Hill, Bo Goldman, Tom Musca
Stars
Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins
Release Date
March 18, 1988
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 32
Reviews
📋 6.6K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
as Roy Parmenter
River Phoenix
River Phoenix
as Jeff Grant
Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins
as Richard Grant
Caroline Kava
Caroline Kava
as Elizabeth Grant
Richard Bradford
Richard Bradford
as Konstantin Karpov
Richard Lynch
Richard Lynch
as Scuba
Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine
as Verna McLaughlin
Lucy Deakins
Lucy Deakins
as Barbara Kerry
Jerry Hardin
Jerry Hardin
as Brewer
Albert Fortell
Albert Fortell
as Bunin

💰 Box Office

$1,733,070
Worldwide Gross
$1,733,070
Domestic Gross
$866,398
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby
Color
Color
Filming Location
San Diego, California, USA
Production
Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

san diego californiahigh schoolteenage boysleeper agenthostage

🎯 Categories

DramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Involving, But Only So-So Overall
by ccthemovieman-12006-10-13
5/10

"This was a fairly involving story, although it's better in the first half. After that, the kid gets annoying but then the film picks back up in the last 15 minutes. The story is about this teen boy "Jeff Grant" (River Phoenix) who discovers his parents are "sleepr" KGB agents, spies are out of the business. They have come to the United States to start over with their kid. Meanwhile, an assassin is killing those former, or "sleeper," if you will, agents. "Roy Parmenter" (Sidney Poitier), an FBI man, is after anyone it seems. That last part is a bit ..."

💡 Did You Know?

When new Columbia Pictures chief David Puttnam first watched this movie, he told Director Richard Benjamin that it was one of the worst movies he had ever seen, according to Editor Jim Clark, who was drafted in to see if he could rescue it.

📖 Synopsis

An F.B.I. Agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son.