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Ishtar

Summary: 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 C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
Release Date: May 15, 1987
Runtime: 1 h 47 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 55,000,000
Domestic: $ 14,375,181
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