4.4 Score

1987 • 1h 47min • PG-13 • Adventure, Comedy

Ishtar

"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.

IMDb 4.7

RT 40%

MC 51

Director

Elaine May

Composer

Dave Grusin

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Warren Beatty

Lyle Rogers

Dustin Hoffman

Chuck Clarke

Isabelle Adjani

Shirra Assel

Charles Grodin

Jim Harrison

Jack Weston

Marty Freed

Tess Harper

Willa

Carol Kane

Carol

Aharon Ipalé

Emir Yousef

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Warren Beatty Lyle Rogers

Dustin Hoffman Chuck Clarke

Isabelle Adjani Shirra Assel

Charles Grodin Jim Harrison

Jack Weston Marty Freed

Tess Harper Willa

Carol Kane Carol

Aharon Ipalé Emir Yousef

Fijad Hageb Abdul

David Margulies Mr. Clarke

Rose Arrick Mrs. Clarke

Julie Garfield Dorothy

Cristine Rose Siri Darma

Robert V. Girolami Bartender

Abe Kroll Mr. Thomopoulos

Hannah Kroll Mrs. Thomopoulos

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