Ishtar

Name: Ishtar
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1987-05-15
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Cast: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

1987 · 1h 47m · Adventure, Comedy · United States of America · Rated PG-13 (US)

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.

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Elaine May

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Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

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