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Wag the Dog
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
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Three years after taping his previous show in the Persian Gulf, Bob Hope returns to the front line to put on another USO Christmas extravaganza, this time in Saudi Arabia for US Troops preparing with other nations to expel Iraq's 1990 invasion and attempted annexation of Kuwait.
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Bob Hope Self
Johnny Bench Self
Khrystyne Haje Self
Dolores Hope Self
Ann Jillian Self
Marie Osmond Self
Anita Pointer Self
June Pointer Self
Ruth Pointer Self
Aaron Tippin Self
John Harlan Announcer
Charles Warren Hostler Self
Tariq Almoayed Self
Erwin C. "Sandy" Sharpe Self
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