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Film · Comedy, Adventure

Ishtar (1987)

★ 4.6 · 174 votesIMDb★ 4.8 · 12,981 votes1 h 47 minComedy1987

Telling the truth can be dangerous business.

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Director
Elaine May
Writers
Elaine May
Country
United States
Language
English
Release date
May 15, 1987

Ishtar cast

  • Warren BeattyLyle Rogers
  • Dustin HoffmanChuck Clarke
  • Isabelle AdjaniShirra Assel
  • Charles GrodinJim Harrison
  • Jack WestonMarty Freed
  • Tess HarperWilla
  • Carol KaneCarol
  • Aharon IpaléEmir Yousef
  • Fijad HagebAbdul
  • David MarguliesMr. Clarke
  • Rose ArrickMrs. Clarke
  • Julie GarfieldDorothy
  • Cristine RoseSiri Darma
  • Robert V. GirolamiBartender
  • Abe KrollMr. Thomopoulos
  • Hannah KrollMrs. Thomopoulos
  • Herb GardnerRabbi Pierce
  • Bill MoorU.S. Consul
  • Edgar SmithProf. Barnes
  • J.C. CutlerOmar
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