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Film · 10 connectionsArms 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.
Directed byWilliam Friedkin
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Shared cast
1985 · 102 min · Adventure · Comedy
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
Same director
1977 · 122 min · Adventure · Thriller
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
Strong movie match
1987 · 121 min · Comedy · Drama · War
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.
Strong movie match
1984 · 100 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
Strong story similarity
1987 · 88 min · Drama
A man from an upper class family is manipulated into laundering drug money by his brother.
Strong story similarity
1992 · 87 min · Action · Comedy
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.
Strong movie match
1998 · 114 min · Comedy · Drama
In a world governed by commerce, Ricky and Kate, dedicated employees, find their lives forever changed when they encounter the enigmatic stranger G. As they navigate the realm of commerce, their paths intertwine in a surreal dance of love, loss, and redemption. G's presence, amplified through the pervasive influence of globalized television, casts a spell that reverberates beyond Ricky and Kate, impacting the lives of those who bear witness to their intertwined destinies.
Strong story similarity
1995 · 93 min · Action · Adventure
International criminals try to obtain a revolutionary new gun made for the U.S. government.
Strong movie match
1997 · 91 min · Action
A corrupt politician intends to use a powerful weapon to execute an evil plan.
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1959 · 103 min · Crime · Drama · History · Thriller
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
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