"Some things are better left top secret."

2002

1h 53m

6.7(1192 votes)

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Overview

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

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77 members

Acting

Sam Rockwell

Chuck Barris

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Drew Barrymore

Penny

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George Clooney

Jim Byrd

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Julia Roberts

Patricia Watson

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Rutger Hauer

Keeler

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Maggie Gyllenhaal

Debbie

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Robert John Burke

Instructor Jenks

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Jennifer Hall

Georgia

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Kristen Wilson

Loretta

Art

J. Todd Anderson

Stud Bachelor

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Carlos Carrasco

Brazioni

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Emilio Rivera

Benitez

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Daniel Zacapa

Renda

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Krista Allen

Pretty Woman

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Michael Ensign

Simon Oliver

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James Urbaniak

Rod Flexner

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Dick Clark

Self

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Michelle Sweeney

Housekeeper

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Michael Cera

Chuck (8 & 11 years)

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Aimee Rose Ambroziak

Chuck's Date #1

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Isabelle Blais

Chuck's Date #2

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Melissa Carter

Chuck's Date #3

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Ilona Elkin

Georgia's Girlfriend

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Sean Tucker

Barfly

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Jaye P. Morgan

Self

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David Julian Hirsh

Freddie Cannon

Production

Jerry Weintraub

Larry Goldberg

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Frank Fontaine

ABC Executive

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Rachelle Lefevre

Tuvia (25 years)

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Gene Patton

Gene Gene Patton

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Barbara Bacci

Woman in Veil

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Janet Lane

Blonde Bachelorette

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Shaun Balbar

Beanpole Bachelor

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Jeff Lefebvre

Frizzy Hair Bachelor

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Michael Filipowich

Handsome Bachelor

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Samantha Kaine

Black Bachelorette

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Christian Paul

Black Bachelor

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Jim Lange

Self

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Steve Adams

Dating Game Director

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Maria Bertrand

Stud Bachelorette

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Brad Pitt

Bachelor Brad

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Matt Damon

Bachelor Matt

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Murray Langston

Actual Unknown Comic

Directing

Marlida Ferreira

Woman in Pub

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Jérôme Tiberghien

Englishman

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Martin Kevan

Chuck's Father

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Claudia Besso

Chuck's Mother

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Isabelle Juneau

Amana Girl

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Nathalie Morin

Bachelorette Winner

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Tony Zanca

Bachelor Winner

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Сергей Приселков

Shaving Man

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Norman Roy

Colbert

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Marlene Fisher

Casting Executive Woman

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Richard Kind

Casting Executive Man

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Suyun Kim

Asian Folksinger #1

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Shu Lan Tuan

Asian Folksinger #2

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Andre Minicozzi

Gong Show Band

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Richard Beaudet

Gong Show Band

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Ron Di Lauro

Gong Show Band

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Peter N. Wilson

Gong Show Band

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Bruce Pepper

Gong Show Band

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Francois St-Pierre

Gong Show Band

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Bridget Powers

Little Person

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George Randolph

Gene Gene

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Pascale Devigne

Critic

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Carlo Berardinucci

Waiter

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Tanya Anthony

Prostitute

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Andy Quesnel

Gong Show Model

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Keshav Patel

Elvis Singer

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Leslie Cottle

L.A. Bar Woman

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Dino Tosques

L.A. Bartender

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Joe Cobden

Unknown Comic

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Ethan Thomas C. Dempster

Chuck (3 years)

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Tommy Hinkley

Hambone Man

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Bill Corday

Justice of the Peace

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Creator

Chuck Barris

Actual Barris

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Chelsea Ceci

Tuvia, Age 8

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