Director: Elaine May

Writer: Elaine May

Original Score by: Dave Grusin

Producer: Warren Beatty

Keywords: Comedy, Espionage, Morocco

Two bumbling wannabe singer/songwriters booked to play a Moroccan hotel are drawn into an international espionage conspiracy.

ABSTRACT
Dimwitted wallflower Lyle Rogers and self-absorbed Chuck Clarke are a songwriting duo based out of New York City, obsessed with their craft and evidently blind to their crushing ineptitude. Desperate for a shot to stardom despite a lack of talent, our pair accept an offer from their agent to perform their awful songs at a hotel in Morocco, ultimately drawn into an outlandish caper involving the CIA, Emir Yousef of the backwater nation of Ishtar, and leftist rebels after encountering revolutionary Shirra Assel on arrival in the Middle East. Not quite as terrible as popularly regarded; entertaining performances from Beatty and Hoffman would have benefited greatly from tighter direction.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Isabelle Adjani	Actor	27-Jun-1955		Camille Claudel
Warren Beatty	Actor	30-Mar-1937		Dick Tracy
Matt Frewer	Actor	4-Jan-1958		Max Headroom
Charles Grodin	Actor	21-Apr-1935		Perpetually angry talk-show host, actor
Tess Harper	Actor	15-Aug-1950		Crimes of the Heart
Dustin Hoffman	Actor	8-Aug-1937		The Graduate
Carol Kane	Actor	18-Jun-1952		Simka on Taxi
David Margulies	Actor	19-Feb-1937	11-Jan-2016	Ghostbusters
Cristine Rose	Actor	31-Jan-1951		Angela Petrelli on Heroes
Jack Weston	Actor	21-Aug-1924	3-May-1996	Wait Until Dark

CAST

Warren Beatty	...   Lyle Rogers
Dustin Hoffman	...   Chuck Clarke
Isabelle Adjani	...   Shirra Assel
Charles Grodin	...   Jim Harrison
Jack Weston	...   Marty Freed
Carol Kane	...   Carol
Featuring
David Margulies	...   Mr. Clarke
Aharon Ipalé	...   Emir Yousef
Rose Arrick	...   Mrs. Clarke
Tess Harper	...   Willa
Fuad Hageb	...   Abdul
Julie Garfield	...   Dorothy
Christine Rose	...   Siri Darma
Bob Girolami	...   Bartender
Abe Kroll	...   Mr. Thomopoulos
Hannah Kroll	...   Mrs. Thomopoulos
Herb Gardner	...   Rabbi Pierce
Bill Moor	...   U.S. Consulate
Edgar Smith	...   Prof. Barnes
J. C. Cutler	...   Omar
Bill Bailey	...   Gen. Westlake
Ian Gray	...   Manager, Chez Casablanca
Maati Zaari	...   Porter
Bouhaddane Larbi	...   Taxi Driver
Fred Melamed	...   Caid of Assari
Ron Berglass	...   CIA Agent
Neil Zevnik	...   CIA Agent
Matt Frewer	...   CIA Agent
Alex Hyde White	...   CIA Agent
Stefan Gryff	...   KGB Agent
Alexei Jawdocimov	...   KGB Agent
Phillip Schopper	...   Waiter
Aziz Ben Driss	...   Waiter, Chez Casablanca
Kamarr	...   Maitre D, Chez Casablanca
Eddy Nedari	...   Mohamad, the Camel Seller
Adam Hussein	...   Mohamad, the Camel Seller
George Masri	...   Mohamad, the Camel Seller
Warren Clarke	...   English Gunrunner
Arthur Brauss	...   German Gunrunner
Sumar Khan	...   Ishtari Gunrunner
Jon Paul Morgan	...   Djellabah Seller
Nadim Sawalha	...   Rug Shop Owner and Camel Seller
Haluk Belginer	...   Guerrilla Leader
Screamin' Honkers
Mark Ryan	...   Screamin' Honkers
Stuart Abramson	...   Screamin' Honkers
John Freudenheim	...   Screamin' Honkers
Bruce Gordon	...   Screamin' Honkers
The Swing
Paul Standig	...   The Swing
Joseph Gmerek	...   The Swing
John Trumpbour	...   The Swing
Teacher's Daughters
Marie Jean-Charles	...   Teacher's Daughters
Patrice Jean-Charles	...   Teacher's Daughters
Danielle Jean-Charles	...   Teacher's Daughters

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