Film

Moon Over Parador

1988 · 1h 43m · Comedy · Romance

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

IMDb

6.0

Rotten Tomatoes

42%

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.

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

José Lewgoy

Archbishop

Dann Florek

Toby

Roger Aaron Brown

Desmond

Dana Delany

Jenny

• Paul MazurskyDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Leon CapetanosScreenplay
• Charles G. BoothStory
• Donald McAlpineDirector of Photography
• Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
• Stuart H. PappéEditor
• Ellen ChenowethCasting

Richard Dreyfuss in "Moon Over Parador" 1988 Movie Trailer

Release date

September 9, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$11,444,204

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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