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Ishtar

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Ishtar

Telling the truth can be dangerous business.

4.6

1h 47m

1987

“Telling the truth can be dangerous business.”

Synopsis

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

Trailer

ComedyAdventure

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Cast & Crew

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty

as Lyle Rogers

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

as Chuck Clarke

Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani

as Shirra Assel

Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

as Jim Harrison

Jack Weston

Jack Weston

as Marty Freed

Tess Harper

Tess Harper

as Willa

Carol Kane

Carol Kane

as Carol

Aharon Ipalé

Aharon Ipalé

as Emir Yousef

Fijad Hageb

as Abdul

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