Main Cast: Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards, William Marquez
Release Year: 1983
Country: US
Run Time: 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
The humor in this Chevy Chase comedy lies solely in the eyes of the beholder. The comic plays Eddie Muntz, an arms dealer looking to make a big sale of war planes to a South American dictator. In order to do so, his girlfriend (Sigourney Weaver) has to sleep with the dictator and his friend (Gregory Hines) has to be convinced to do one more killing. Eddie's archenemy is Stryker (Vince Edwards) who wants to make that deal himself and will stop at nothing to obtain his ends. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Eduardo Ricard - Col. Salgado; Richard Herd - Lyle; Graham Jarvis - Babers; Wallace Shawn - Harold; Judith Baldwin - Luckup Hostess #1; Robert Alan Browne - Man from Grumman; Betty Cole - Baptist #2; Alex Colon - Street Robber; Robert Cornthwaite - Huddleston; Louis Giambalvo - Freddie Muntz; David Haskell - Rockwell Official; Wilfredo Hernandez - Rojas; Kelly Lange - Newscaster; Ken Letner - Sen. Bryce; Charles Levin - Dr. Rechtin; Richard Libertini - Masaggi; Maurice Marsac - Frenchman; Helen Martin - Baptist #3; Jan McGill - Luckup Hostess #2; Miguel Piñero - Molino; Tony Plana - Chicano Man; Loyda Ramos - Chicano Woman; Pepe Serna - Vardis; Ebbe Roe Smith - Bob; J.W. Smith - Will; James Staley - JWT Assoc; John Stinson - Helicopter Reporter; Michael Yama - Masaggi's Aide #2; Ray Manzarek - Charlie Simbo; Stephen Keep - Promoter; Frank Lugo - Station Wagon Driver; Gwil Richards - Rev. Borman; Jonathan Terry - Gaylord; Nancy Klopper; Eddie Hice - Bagman; Randi Brooks - Ms. Della Rosa; Jim Ishida - Masaggi's Aide #1; John Reilly - Swain; Joe Ross - Russian Translator; John Hancock - Baptist Minister; David Hall - Rick Penido; John Davey - Pilot on Screen
Credit
David Salven - Associate Producer, Nancy Klopper - Casting, Rita Riggs - Costume Designer, William Friedkin - Director, Jere Huggins - Editor, Ned Humphreys - Editor, Bud Smith - Editor, Jon Avnet - Executive Producer, Paul Brickman - Executive Producer, Steve Tisch - Executive Producer, Arthur B. Rubinstein - Composer (Music Score), Frank Griffin - Makeup, William Malley - Production Designer, David Salven - Production Designer, Richard H. Kline - Cinematographer, Bud Yorkin - Producer, Richard C. Goddard - Set Designer, Joe Day - Special Effects, Willie D. Burton - Sound/Sound Designer, Paul Brickman - Screenwriter, Robert Garland - Screenwriter
The film follows the adventures of several arms dealers that compete to sell weapons to a South American dictator.
Plot summary
Chevy Chase plays Eddie Muntz, an American arms dealer seeking to sell a high-tech military Unmanned aerial vehicle (The Peacemaker) to a South American dictator (portrayed by William Marquez) with the assistance of his partner Ray Kasternak (Gregory Hines). To seal the deal, Muntz asks his girlfriend (Sigourney Weaver) to sleep with the dictator. Muntz's efforts are complicated by Frank Stryker (Vince Edwards) who competes to make the sale himself, and by Ray's religious conversion.
