Bananas(1971)
The Revolutionist That Shook the World With LAUGHTER!
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Movie: Bananas
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Fielding Mellish
Nancy
General Emilio M. Vargas
Yolanda
Esposito
Luis
Diaz
Arroyo
Himself
Mrs. Ruth Mellish
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