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Quick Info

Rating

6.1/10

Release1988

Runtime1h 38m

StatusReleased

Budget$15,000,000

Revenue$1,733,070

Production

Columbia Pictures

Movie

Little Nikita

1988

1h 38m

6.1

Drama

Action

Thriller

Synopsis

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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