Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, 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
as Jack Noah
Raúl Juliá
as Roberto Strausmann
Sônia Braga
as Madonna
Jonathan Winters
as Ralph
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self
Michael Greene
as Clint
Polly Holliday
as Midge
Milton Gonçalves
as Carlo
Charo
as Madame Loop
Marianne Sägebrecht
as Magda
Reinhard Kolldehoff
as Gunther
Richard Russell Ramos
as Dieter Lopez
