Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees of the dictator.
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
Jack Noah
Raúl Juliá
Roberto Strausmann
Sônia Braga
Madonna
Jonathan Winters
Ralph
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self
Michael Greene
Clint
Polly Holliday
Midge
Milton Gonçalves
Carlo
Charo
Madame Loop
Marianne Sägebrecht
Magda
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Gunther
Richard Russell Ramos
Dieter Lopez
José Lewgoy
Archbishop
Dann Florek
Toby
Roger Aaron Brown
Desmond
Dana Delany
Jenny
Dick Cavett
Self
Ike Pappas
Self
Ed Asner
Self
Paul Mazursky
Momma
Lorin Dreyfuss
1st Dictator
John C. Broderick
Director
David Cale
Edgar Low
Reuven Bar-Yotam
Menachem Fein
Rod McCary
Gordon Boyd
Lora Milligan
Alice
Jill Mazursky
Assistant Director
Nina Fineman
Casting Secretary
Regina Casé
Clara
Bianca Rossini
Tilde
Ariel Coelho
Paulo
Vera Buono
Nightclub Singer
Ursula Canto
Showgirl
Guará Rodrigues
Bearded Man
Giovanna Gold
Carnival Girl
Carlos Augusto Strazzer
Drunk on Street
Betsy Mazursky
Woman at Buffet
Rui Rezende
Man on the Beach
Flávio R. Tambellini
Danté Guzman
Antonio Negreiros
Antonio
Nelson Xavier
General Sinaldo
Mário Guimarães
Umberto Solar
Nildo Parente
Gray Man
Jorge Cherques
Family Member
Neville D'Almeida
Family Member
Renato Coutinho
Family Member
Humberto Catalano
Family Member
Helvio Soto
Family Member
Patricio Guzmán
Family Member
Lutero Luiz
Samuel
Guilherme Karan
Forte (uncredited)
Nika Bonfim
Family Member (uncredited)
Crew
Paul Mazursky
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Leon Capetanos
Screenplay
Charles G. Booth
Story
Stuart H. Pappé
Editor
Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
Irby Smith
First Assistant Director
James W. Skotchdopole
Second Assistant Director
Lindsay Flickinger
Associate Producer
Gary Shusett
Associate Producer
Pato Guzman
Co-Producer, Production Design
Geoffrey Taylor
Co-Producer
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
Albert Wolsky
Costume Design
Susan V. Kalinowski
Hairstylist
Gary Liddiard
Makeup Artist
John Stacy
Supervising Sound Editor
James E. Webb
Production Sound Mixer
Pat Domenico
Special Effects Supervisor
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Dan Carlin Sr.
Music Editor
Alexandre Meyer
Set Decoration
Elliott Marks
Still Photographer
Cynnie Troup
Script Supervisor
Bill Catching
Stunt Coordinator
Bianca Rossini
Choreographer
Barry Bedig
Property Master
Drew Struzan
Art Designer
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
Norman Glasser
Gaffer
John C. Broderick
Unit Production Manager
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Booker McClay
Unit Publicist
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