Sneakers poster
Director Phil Alden Robinson
Screenplay Phil Alden Robinson, Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker

Sneakers

Tagline: We could tell you what it's about. But then, of course, we'd have to kill you.

Release Date: 1992-09-09

Duration: 126 minutes

Synopsis

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

Casting

  • James Earl Jones
    Mr. Bernard Abbott
  • Mary McDonnell
    Liz
  • River Phoenix
    Carl
  • Ben Kingsley
    Cosmo
  • Robert Redford
    Bishop
  • Dan Aykroyd
    Mother
  • David Strathairn
    Whistler
  • Donal Logue
    Dr. Gunter Janek
  • Stephen Tobolowsky
    Dr. Werner Brandes
  • George Cheung
    Chinese Restaurant Singer