Ishtar
“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.
Genres
Comedy, Adventure
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Ishtar performed
Budget
$51.0M
Worldwide Gross
$14.4M
Gross Profit
−$36.6M
Return
0.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Lyle Rogers
Warren Beatty
Lyle Rogers
Chuck Clarke
Dustin Hoffman
Chuck Clarke
Shirra Assel
Isabelle Adjani
Shirra Assel
Jim Harrison
Charles Grodin
Jim Harrison
Marty Freed
Jack Weston
Marty Freed
Willa
Tess Harper
Willa
Carol
Carol Kane
Carol
Emir Yousef
Aharon Ipalé
Emir Yousef
Abdul
Fijad Hageb
Abdul
Mr. Clarke
David Margulies
Mr. Clarke
Mrs. Clarke
Rose Arrick
Mrs. Clarke
Dorothy
Julie Garfield
Dorothy
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