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46% Critic Match
Ishtar
“Telling the truth can be dangerous business.”
4.6 / 10• 1987• 1h 47m•PG-13• English
ComedyAdventure
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Warren Beatty
Lyle Rogers
Lead
Dustin Hoffman
Chuck Clarke
Isabelle Adjani
Shirra Assel
Charles Grodin
Jim Harrison
Jack Weston
Marty Freed
Tess Harper
Willa
Carol Kane
Carol
Aharon Ipalé
Emir Yousef
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elaine May's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ishtar is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
