The Experts

The Experts

Two abducted Americans are going to tell the Russians everything they know. Poor Russia.

PG-13 1989 · 94 min · ★ 4.8 · Action, Comedy

Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they've actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training, is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies, and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?

Directed by Dave Thomas · Written by Eric Alter

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