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Deal of the Century (1983)
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4 November 1983 (USA)
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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.
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Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator...
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Arms Dealer
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Arms Trade
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Cold War
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Aggression
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Some really neat shtick
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chevy Chase | ... | Eddie Muntz |
 | Sigourney Weaver | ... | Catherine DeVoto |
 | Gregory Hines | ... | Ray Kasternak |
 | Vince Edwards | ... | Frank Stryker |
 | William Marquez | ... | Gen. Cordosa |
| Eduardo Ricard | ... | Col. Salgado |
 | Richard Herd | ... | Lyle |
| Graham Jarvis | ... | Babers |
 | Wallace Shawn | ... | Harold DeVoto |
| Randi Brooks | ... | Ms. Della Rosa |
| Ebbe Roe Smith | ... | Bob |
| Richard Libertini | ... | Masaggi |
| J.W. Smith | ... | Will |
| Carmencristina Moreno | ... | Woman Singer (as Carmen Moreno) |
| Charles Levin | ... | Dr. Rechtin |
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99 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Continuity: When Eddie is in the trailer talking to Ray on the radio, he's wearing the headset with the microphone on the left side. In the next shot, it's on the right side.
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General Huddleston:
[watching the Peacemaker malfunction] This is a great day for the Air Force, Senator.
Sen. Bryce: Why is that, General?
General Huddleston: Because the Navy ordered twenty of those disasters.
Navy Officers: Son of a bitch!
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Sen. Bryce: Why is that, General?
General Huddleston: Because the Navy ordered twenty of those disasters.
Navy Officers: Son of a bitch!
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Movie Connections:
Features "All in the Family" (1971)
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Soundtrack:
CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE
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| I love Friedkin and Chevy but this movie us unwatchable.. | motley6 |
| political jabs ruined | DaveDude12 |
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While this wasn't one of the best movies I've seen, it had some really nice comedic bits in it. I particularly liked Wallace Shawn doing the anxious salesman, and Gregory Hines as the born-again who gets the ultimate revenge.
Worth seeing just for these two bits, plus a few other great moments.