Little Nikita (1988)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Release: 1988-03-18
Director: Richard Benjamin
Writers: John Hill , Bo Goldman , Tom Musca , Terry Schwartz
Language: English
Stars: Sidney Poitier , River Phoenix (1970–1993) , Richard Jenkins (I) , Caroline Kava , Richard Bradford , Richard Lynch , Loretta Devine , Lucy Deakins , Jerry Hardin , Albert Fortell
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Little Nikita (Austria) , Маленький Никита , リトル・ニキータ (Japan) , 美蘇間諜戰 (Taiwan) , Nikita, spie senza volto (Italy) , Little Nikita (United States of America) , Kataskopoi dihos prosopo (Greece) , Little Nikita (Germany) , Kasvottomat vakoojat (Finland) , El pequeño Nikita (Peru) , Espías sin rostro (Argentina) , The Sleepers , लिटिल निकीटा (India) , Mali Nikita (Serbia) , Fælden klapper (Denmark) , Little Nikita , Малкият Никита (Bulgaria) , Mały Nikita (Poland) , Spioner i familjen (Sweden) , Little Nikita , Espías sin rostro (Chile) , Chantage au KGB (Canada) , Κατάσκοποι δίχως πρόσωπο (Greece) , Espías sin rostro (Mexico) , Espías sin identidad (Spain) , Mali Nikita (Croatia) , Little Nikita (United Kingdom) , Espías sin rostro (Peru) , O Pequeno Nikita (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Spioner utan ansikte (Finland) , A kis Nikita (Hungary) , Espiões sem Rosto (Brazil)
Plot: Roy Parmenter is a veteran FBI agent who has spent the last 20 years trying to find the Russian agent who killed his partner whom he calls Scuba. When a couple of deep cover Russian agents are killed Parmenter thinks Scuba is the one doing it. The Russians who have received word from Scuba that if they want him to stop, they have to pay him. So they send a veteran Russian agent, Karpov to stop him. Parmenter was tasked with performing background checks on people applying for certain things requiring security clearance and when he comes across Jeffrey Grant who's applying to the Air Force Academy, he discovers that his parents' info is false. He also learns of Karpov coming into the country and suspects that he is here to stop Scuba and that Karpov went to the city where Jeffrey and his family live, so he decides to keep an eye on Jeffrey and his family.
IMDB:tt0095532