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Moon Over Parador

DirectorPaul Mazursky

“He's not the first actor to impersonate a president... but he may be the last.”

5.9 / 10 · 88 votes

PG-13

1988

1h 43m

ComedyRomance

Underappreciated actor Jack Noah is on location in Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right-hand man 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.

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Richard Dreyfuss in "Moon Over Parador" 1988 Movie Trailer

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss

Jack Noah

Raúl Juliá

Roberto Strausmann

Sonia 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

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