Back in the USSR (1991)
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In this first American film to be shot entirely in Moscow, young vacationing American Archer Sloan (Frank Whaley) gets involved in the theft of a rare religious icon. The "hot-potatoed" icon lands in Sloan's possession and one of the underworld bad guys involved in the theft is murdered. Sloan becomes a suspect and is forced into fleeing the Moscow police while trying to locate the people who can vindicate him. This Glasnost-era film will probably be better remembered for its glimpse into a molting Soviet Union, than for intrigue as an actioner. Included in the cast is Polish producer Roman Polanski. ~ Rovi
- Starring:
- Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda, (more)
- Director(s):
- Deran Sarafian
Synopsis of Back in the USSR
In this first American film to be shot entirely in Moscow, young vacationing American Archer Sloan (Frank Whaley) gets involved in the theft of a rare religious icon. The "hot-potatoed" icon lands in Sloan's possession and one of the underworld bad guys involved in the theft is murdered. Sloan becomes a suspect and is forced into fleeing the Moscow police while trying to locate the people who can vindicate him. This Glasnost-era film will probably be better remembered for its glimpse into a molting Soviet Union, than for intrigue as an actioner. Included in the cast is Polish producer Roman Polanski. ~ Rovi
Complete Cast of Back in the USSR
- Frank Whaley - Archer Sloan
- Roman Polanski - Kurilov
- Dey Young - Claudia
- Brian Blessed - Chazov
- Harry Ditson - Whittier
- Vsevolod Safonov
- Yuri Sarantsev - Concierge
- Vladimir Druzhnikov - Priest
- Fyodor Smirnov - Thug
- Irina Malysheva
- Claudia Robinson
- Natalya Negoda - Lena
- Andrew Divoff - Dimitri
- Ravil Isyanov - Georgi
- Alexei Yevdokimov - Mikhail
- Boris Romanov
- Constantine Gregory - Stanley
- Oleg Anofriev - Taxi Driver
- Rita Gladunko
- Igor Klass
- Nik. Averushkin
- Jeremy Zimmerman
- Director(s):
- Deran Sarafian
- Writer(s):
- Ilmar Taska, Lindsay Smith
- Producer(s):
- Lindsay Smith, Ilmar Taska
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