Directed by William Friedkin • 1983 • United States
Starring Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines

Following the firestorm of controversy surrounding his thriller CRUISING, director William Friedkin switched gears with this goofball comedy, a gleeful satire of the Cold War–era military-industrial complex. Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, and Gregory Hines star as a team of ruthless arms dealers who will do anything to sell second-rate weapons to developing countries—until they get the chance to close a major deal between a giant U.S. defense contractor and a Central American dictator. It may be the ultimate score . . . or the ultimate boondoggle.