Company Business

1991Movie⏱️ 1h 38mPG-13

ActionComedyCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ 5.7

IMDB Rating

3,855 votes

A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.

Director

Nicholas Meyer

Writers

N/A

Stars

Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith

Release Date

September 6, 1991

Language

English, Russian, French

Country

United States

💬 39

Reviews

📋 3.1K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Gene Hackman

as Sam Boyd

Mikhail Baryshnikov

as Pyiotr Grushenko

Kurtwood Smith

as Elliot Jaffe

Terry O'Quinn

as Colonel Grissom

Daniel von Bargen

as Mike Flinn

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Oleg Rudnik

as Grigori Golitsin

Géraldine Danon

as Natasha Grimaud

Nadim Sawalha

as Faisal

Michael Tomlinson

as Dick Maxfield

Howard McGillin

as Bruce Wilson

💰 Box Office

$1,501,785

Worldwide Gross

$1,501,785

Domestic Gross

$533,610

Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.85 : 1

Sound

Dolby Stereo

Color

Filming Location

Restaurant Le Jules Verne, Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

Production

Pathé Entertainment

🏷️ Keywords

lake havasu arizonacia agentcovert operationcia drug traffickingreference to the contras of nicaragua

🎯 Categories

Dark ComedySpyActionComedyCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Enjoyable spy film

by blanche-2 • 2008-05-30

7/10

"Gene Hackman is Sam Boyd, an old CIA agent who is dragged back into "Company Business" in this 1991 film also starring Mikhail Baryshnikov. Boyd has to funnel money to the Russians using a prisoner switch as an excuse, but it all goes awry when, during the exchange, he realizes the prisoner the Russians are sending over is someone he just saw at the airport. He aborts the switch immediately. He and his Russian (Baryshnikov) are directed to a safe house, but when it blows up, Hackman realizes the CIA wants both of them dead. So they go on the run with $2 million. This film had a li..."