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* {{Scandalgate}}: Sunny Davis is unaware that she's being asked to be a prostitute for a high-ranking Arab shiek. When the scandal finally broke, the TV news called it "Sunnygate".

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* {{Scandalgate}}: Sunny Davis is unaware that she's being asked to be a prostitute for a high-ranking Arab shiek.sheik. When the scandal finally broke, the TV news called it "Sunnygate".

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* HeroismEqualsJobQualification: Sunny, a cocktail waitress, stops an assassination attempt on a Middle-Eastern ambassador and is therefore hired by the US government as a top level State Department protocol official.
* {{Scandalgate}}: Sunny Davis is unaware that she's being asked to be a prostitute for a high-ranking Arab shiek. When the scandal finally broke, the TV news called it "Sunnygate".

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* HeroismEqualsJobQualification: Sunny, a cocktail waitress, stops an assassination attempt on a Middle-Eastern ambassador and is therefore hired by the US government as a top level top-level State Department protocol official.
* OneWordTitle: Played with JobTitle, since the protagonist is hired as a top-level State Department '''protocol''' official.
* {{Scandalgate}}: Sunny Davis is unaware that she's being asked to be a prostitute for a high-ranking Arab shiek. When the scandal finally broke, the TV news called it "Sunnygate"."Sunnygate".
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The movie also stars Creator/ChrisSarandon, Creator/AndreGregory, Creator/GailStrickland, Creator/CliffDeYoung, Creator/KeithSzarabaijka, Creator/EdBegleyJr, among others.

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The movie also stars Creator/ChrisSarandon, Creator/AndreGregory, Creator/GailStrickland, Creator/CliffDeYoung, Creator/KeithSzarabaijka, Creator/KeithSzarabajka, Creator/EdBegleyJr, among others.
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A 1984 American comedy directed by Creator/HerbertRoss and written by Creator/BuckHenry, that has a cocktail waitress (Creator/GoldieHawn) saving the life of Emir (Creator/RichardRomanus).

The movie also stars Creator/ChrisSarandon, Creator/AndreGregory, Creator/GailStrickland, Creator/CliffDeYoung, Creator/KeithSzarabaijka, Creator/EdBegleyJr, among others.

It was released on December 21, 1984.

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!Tropes for the film:
* ArabOilSheikh: The US Government attempts to trade Sunny (Hawn) to one in exchange for being allowed to construct a military base in his nation.
* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: Sunny is offered as a wife to the emir of a small Middle Eastern nation of strategic importance to the United States. She's not aware of this, thinking only that she's going on a diplomatic visit, until she arrives and sees a mural of herself with the emir in wedding attire.
* HeroismEqualsJobQualification: Sunny, a cocktail waitress, stops an assassination attempt on a Middle-Eastern ambassador and is therefore hired by the US government as a top level State Department protocol official.
* {{Scandalgate}}: Sunny Davis is unaware that she's being asked to be a prostitute for a high-ranking Arab shiek. When the scandal finally broke, the TV news called it "Sunnygate".

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