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Deal of the Century (1983)

Deal of the Century (1983)

Crime Comedy

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.

Release Date: 1983, November 4
Directors: William Friedkin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Dream Quest Images, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Bob Harks, Tom Willett, Wallace Shawn, Jack Angel, Pepe Serna, Richard Herd, Graham Jarvis, Danny Nero, Tracey Walter, Jim Ishida, Michael Yama

Overview:

Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.

Keywords:

based on novel or book satire cold war arms dealer dictatorship