Lyle Rogers en Chuck Clarke zijn de beste vrienden die als duo optreden in derderangs bars en duistere café's. Met een grote carriere in het achterhoofd accepteren ze een wazig contract voor een aantal optreden in Ishtar, een klein staatje in het Midden-Oosten. Bij hun aankomst komen ze in contact met de jonge en mooie revolutionaire Shirra en Chuck leent haar zijn paspoort. Na diverse absurde toestanden blijkt uiteindelijk dat de CIA, de regering van Ishtar en zelfs de rebellen hen uit de weg willen ruimen. Ondertussen slepen onze vrienden zich door de woestijn, in het gezelschap van een blinde kameel!
Nee, helaas is Ishtar nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Elaine May | Director |
| Production | Warren Beatty | Producer |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vittorio Storaro | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Richard P. Cirincione | Editor |
| Editing | William Reynolds | Editor |
| Editing | Stephen A. Rotter | Editor |
| Production | David L. MacLeod | Associate Producer |
| Production | Nigel Wooll | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Powell | Costume Design |
| Art | Paul Sylbert | Production Design |
| Production | G. Mac Brown | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Don French | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Louis D'Esposito | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Enrico Umetelli | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Ivan Sharrock | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Karen Hale Wookey | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan Boyle | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barry Richardson | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosemary Burrows | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Camera | Giuseppe Alberti | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Fabio Zamarion | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Filippo Cafolla | Gaffer |
| Art | Bill Coggon | Property Master |
| Crew | Kerry Orent | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Michael Kirchberger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Editing | Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Lee Dichter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Kerry Hayes | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Keith Hamshere | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Elaine May | Writer |
| Production | Noel Davis | Casting |
| Production | Jeremy Zimmermann | Casting |
| Art | Peter Childs | Art Direction |
| Art | Jim Erickson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zineb Bendoula | Hairstylist |
| Crew | John Hayden | Stunts |
| Crew | Peter Bucossi | Stunts |
| Crew | Victor Magnotta | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | George Marshall Ruge | Stunts |
| Crew | Denise Amirante | Stunts |
| Crew | Konrad Sheehan | Stunts |
| Sound | Paul Williams | Songs |
| Sound | Elaine May | Songs |
