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A Balasaur Score of 37 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 4.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 10%. Audiences rate it 36 points higher than critics do. Most of the 965 1980s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.
Ratings
IMDb4.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes10%
Audiences rate it 36 points higher than critics do.
71 audience votes
Key crew
- William FriedkinDirector
- Paul BrickmanWriter
- Arthur B. RubinsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Chevy ChaseEddie Muntz
- Sigourney WeaverMrs. DeVoto
- Gregory HinesRay Kasternak
- Vince EdwardsFrank Stryker
- William MarquezGen. Cordosa
- Eduardo RicardCol. Salgado
- Richard HerdLyle
- Graham JarvisBabers
- Wallace ShawnHarold DeVoto
- Randi BrooksMs. Della Rosa
- Ebbe Roe SmithBob
- Richard LibertiniMasaggi
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookcold warsatiredictatorshiparms dealer