FeaturePG1988·98m·6.1

Little Nikita

He went to bed an all-American kid and woke up the son of Russian spies.

DramaActionThriller

An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.

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Cast

Sidney Poitier

Roy Parmenter

River Phoenix

Jeff Grant

Richard Jenkins

Richard Grant

Caroline Kava

Elizabeth Grant

Richard Bradford

Konstantin Karpov

Richard Lynch

Scuba

Loretta Devine

Verna McLaughlin

Lucy Deakins

Barbara Kerry

Jerry Hardin

Brewer

Albert Fortell

Bunin

Ronald Guttman

Spessky

Jacob Vargas

Miguel

Roberto Jiménez

Joaquin

Robert Madrid

Sergeant Leathers

Chez Lister

Tom

Bill Stevenson

Tony

Thomas R. Zak

Brett

Newell Alexander

Drill Sergeant

Ingrid M. Rhoads

Corporal Hogan

Lisa McCullough

Water Skier

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$15.0M
Revenue
$1.7M
Age rating
PG
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Columbia Pictures

Crew

Director

Richard Benjamin

Writers

Bo Goldman, John Hill, Tom Musca, Terry Schwartz

Jacqueline Cambas

Editor

László Kovács

Director of Photography

Marvin Hamlisch

Original Music Composer

Patricia Norris

Costume Design

Gene Callahan

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

kevin2019

2/26/2024

10.0

"Little Nikita" is a highly addictive film and it makes for compelling viewing from beginning to end. Richard Benjamin appears to have forsaken his own acting career in favour of pursuing directing instead and he has certainly selected a very wise choice of material this time around. Benjamin's career as an actor has often reflected that of someone like Clint Eastwood in a lot of ways. They only specialised in playing a particular type of character for the most part and this undoubtedly restricted their choices principally because they may not have coincided with audience expectations concerning what they might have wanted to see them appearing in, but they have now successfully managed to extend their range into other genres as a director and apparently with great acclaim. Hopefully this is a trend which will continue well into the future.