Editing Top Secret! (section)

{{Short description|1984 film directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker}}
{{Other uses|Top Secret (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Top Secret!
| image          = Top secret ver1.jpg
| alt            = In a white background, a cow with boots leaving behind footprints, with the film's title in red inside a Red and white rectangle. The film's top tagline reads "Shhh!" with an fine print mentioning "(Not the Wright Brothers)", referencing the directors and writers who also worked on one of their previous works, "Airplane!".
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jim Abrahams]]
* [[David Zucker]]
* [[Jerry Zucker]]
}}
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jon Davison (film producer)|Jon Davison]]
* [[Hunt Lowry]]
}}
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* Jim Abrahams
* David Zucker
* Jerry Zucker
* [[Martyn Burke]]
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Val Kilmer]]
* [[Lucy Gutteridge]]
}}
| music          = [[Maurice Jarre]]
| cinematography = [[Christopher Challis]]
| editing        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Françoise Bonnot]]
* [[Bernard Gribble]]
}}
| studio         = Kingsmere Properties
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1984|06|22|United States|1984|10|05|United Kingdom}}
| runtime        = 90 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 89:53--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/top-secret-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmty1mzi| title=''Top Secret'' (15) |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=July 19, 1984 | access-date=December 31, 2023}}</ref>
| country        = United States<br>United Kingdom
| language       = {{Plainlist|
* English
* German
* Yiddish
* Latin
* French
}}
| budget         = $8.5<ref name=NewYorkTimes/>–9 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/top-secret|title=Top Secret!|publisher=[[TheWrap]]|date=June 22, 1984|access-date=January 27, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709073902/http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/top-secret|archive-date=July 9, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| gross          = $20.5 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=topsecret.htm |title=Top Secret! (1984) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=July 31, 1984|access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref>
}}
'''''Top Secret!''''' is a 1984 [[action comedy]] film written and directed by [[Jim Abrahams]], [[David Zucker (director)|David Zucker]], and [[Jerry Zucker]] ([[Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker|ZAZ]]) and Martyn Burke. It stars [[Val Kilmer]] (in his film debut) and [[Lucy Gutteridge]] alongside a supporting cast featuring [[Omar Sharif]], [[Peter Cushing]], [[Michael Gough]], and [[Jeremy Kemp]]. The film parodies various film styles such as [[Elvis Presley on film and television|musicals starring Elvis Presley]], [[spy film]]s of the [[Cold War]] era and World War II films. The original music score was composed by [[Maurice Jarre]].