Ishtar
Telling the truth can be dangerous business.
Film19871h 47m
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- Director
- Elaine May
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1987-05-15
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
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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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