The read
Most of the 1,003 1980s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic51/100
171 audience votes
Key crew
- Elaine MayDirector
- Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
- Elaine MayWriter
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
Stills
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Themes
escapefbimoroccowildernesscamelsahara desertbeautiful womansingersinger-songwriterbuddy comedywoman directorgeopolitics