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Bagdad Cafe

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Bagdad Cafe
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PG,1hr 31min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1987
Director:
Percy Adlon
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance  ...more
Synopsis: This West German film is set in the California Desert. A husband-and-wife pair of Bavarian tourists become stranded when their car breaks down; after a quarrel, the wife, Marianne Sagebrecht, gathers her luggage and stalks off. She stops at the Bagdad Cafe, a fleapit truckstop run by outspoken C.C.H. Pounder, who is also having husband problems. The Cafe has become a magnet for some of truly odd character: temperamental Hispanic cook George Aguilar, tattoo artist Christine Kaufmann, and onetime Hollywood ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
A cross between an existential European character study and a giddy Hollywood musical, Percy Adlon's desert fantasy introduced the offbeat character actress Marianne Sägebrecht to English-speaking audiences and revitalized the career of Hollywood veteran Jack Palance. Adlon presents his truck stop as a metaphor for the washed-up hopes of those cast aside by America, whether by discrimination and economic ... Full Review
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Marianne Sägebrecht
Jasmin Munchgstettner
CCH Pounder
Brenda
Jack Palance
Rudi Cox
Christine Kaufmann
Debbie
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