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Director:
William Friedkin
Writers:
Paul Brickman (writer)
Bernard Edelman (book)
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Release Date:
4 November 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
Chevy Chase and his partners are arms dealers. They sell second-rate weapons to third world nations. But they're not out to stick it to anyone.
Plot:
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Chevy Chase ... Eddie Muntz

Sigourney Weaver ... Catherine DeVoto

Gregory Hines ... Ray Kasternak
Vince Edwards ... Frank Stryker

William Marquez ... Gen. Cordosa
Eduardo Ricard ... Col. Salgado

Richard Herd ... Lyle
Graham Jarvis ... Babers

Wallace Shawn ... Harold DeVoto
Randi Brooks ... Ms. Della Rosa
Ebbe Roe Smith ... Bob
Richard Libertini ... Masaggi
J.W. Smith ... Will
Carmencristina Moreno ... Woman Singer (as Carmen Moreno)
Charles Levin ... Dr. Rechtin
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | UK:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Eddie is in the trailer talking to Ray on the radio, he's wearing the headset with the microphone on the left side. In the next shot, it's on the right side. more
Quotes:
General Huddleston: [watching the Peacemaker malfunction] This is a great day for the Air Force, Senator.
Sen. Bryce: Why is that, General?
General Huddleston: Because the Navy ordered twenty of those disasters.
Navy Officers: Son of a bitch!
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Movie Connections:
Features "All in the Family" (1971) more
Soundtrack:
CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE more

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Who was the technical advisor, 20 August 2000
Author: VernC from San Diego, California

If you work in certain areas in the defense business, you will be sure that some one who worked in the business did the script. Some of the most outrageous incidents in the film are the most true to life. It may be that you have to have some professional insight to appreciate it fully. It's like a Dilbert cartoon.

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