Moon Over Parador

Sep 9, 1988

1h 43m

★ 5.8

He's not the first actor to impersonate a president... but he may be the last.

Overview

Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees of the dictator.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Jack Noah

Richard Dreyfuss

Roberto Strausmann

Raúl Juliá

Madonna

Sônia Braga

Ralph

Jonathan Winters

Self

Sammy Davis Jr.

Clint

Michael Greene

Midge

Polly Holliday

Carlo

Milton Gonçalves

Madame Loop

Charo

Magda

Marianne Sägebrecht

Gunther

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Dieter Lopez

Richard Russell Ramos

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