In the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sent to Cuba to locate "Agent X" for the CIA.

Douglas McGrath
as Alan Quimp

John Turturro
as Crocker Johnson

Alan Cumming
as General Batista

Sigourney Weaver
as Daisy Quimp

Anthony LaPaglia
as Fidel Castro

Jeffrey Jones
as Senator Biggs

Paul Guilfoyle
as Officer Hickle

Denis Leary
as Officer Fry

Ryan Phillippe
as Petrov

Terry Beaver
as Mr. Judge