Release Year: 2000 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 86 minutes Director: Douglas McGrath, Peter Askin Producer: James W Skotchdopole, John Penotti, Rick Leed Distributor: Paramount Classics
It is about the 1959 Cuban revolution. Allen Quimp is a high school teacher in 1950s Connecticut who believes grammar instruction is his gift to society. Quimp's wife, Daisy, however, has higher aspirations for him. She desires a highly aid husband who can provide a better lifestyle. Desperate to impress her, Quimp pretends to have a secret life as a CIA agent. When Quimp accidentally helps a visiting Russian dancer, Petrov defect, the CIA actually does hire him, so they can claim credit.
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Alan Cumming as Gen. Batista Denis Leary as Officer Fry John Turturro as Crocker Johnson Ryan Phillippe as Sigourney Weaver as Daisy Quimp