A favorite stop for travelers and tourists along Route 66 and I-40, The Bagdad
Cafe (AKA Sidewinder Cafe) was the film location for a movie by the same name, starring
Jack Palance, and a TV Series starring Whoopie Goldberg.
Bagdad Cafe - The Movie
The movie was first made in 1988 with the title Out of Rosenheim.
A sleepy Southwest coffee shop is turned upside-down by the arrival of a feisty German
woman who leaves her husband and decides to make the cafe her home. Offbeat comedy from
writer/director Percy Adlon reunites him with "Sugarbaby" star Marianne
Sagebrecht; with CCH Pounder and Jack Palance as an eccentric desert dweller.
Film Summary
(from back cover of Video)
It's just a greasy spoon and a rusty gas pump, but for Jasmin (Marianne
Sagebrecht-SUGARBABY), a German housewife on holiday who's dumped her husband in the
middle of the Mojave, Bagdad Cafe appears as an oasis amid the dunes.
Until, that is, she checks into the cafe's ramshackle motel and tangles with its
bad-tempered owner. Brenda (CCH Pounder- PRIZZI'S HONOR) is sloppy, loud, and overworked,
with too many kids and no patience for strangers.
Armed with a mop and a magic kit, Jasmin transforms this desolate dump into a popular
roadside attraction. BAGDAD CAFE is an offbeat comedy about mismatched characters who find
paradise off the beaten track.
Bagdad Cafe - The TV Series
The movie was remade as a TV series Bagdad Cafe in 1990.
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The Bagdad Cafe
46548 National Trails Hwy
P.O. Box 37
Newberry Springs, CA 92635
Phone: (760)257-3101
Copyright 1995 Bagdad Cafe - All Rights Reserved
