Ishtar

May 15, 1987

1h 47m

★ 4.5

Telling the truth can be dangerous business.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Adventure

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Delphi V

Ishtar Trailers

Cast

Lyle Rogers

Warren Beatty

Chuck Clarke

Dustin Hoffman

Shirra Assel

Isabelle Adjani

Jim Harrison

Charles Grodin

Marty Freed

Jack Weston

Willa

Tess Harper

Carol

Carol Kane

Emir Yousef

Aharon Ipalé

Abdul

Fijad Hageb

Mr. Clarke

David Margulies

Mrs. Clarke

Rose Arrick

Dorothy

Julie Garfield

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