John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
1h 36m
Running Time
March 24, 1965Release Date
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
1h 36m
Running Time
March 24, 1965Release Date
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Plot.
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.
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Cast & Crew.
Shirley MacLaine
Jenny Ericson
Peter Ustinov
King Fawz
Richard Crenna
John Goldfarb
Scott Brady
Sakalakis
Jim Backus
Miles Whitepaper
J. Lee Thompson
Director
Fred Clark
Overreach
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Guz
William Peter Blatty
Writer
Steve Parker
Producer
Harry Morgan
Sarajevo
John Williams
Composer
Patrick Adiarte
Ammud
Leon Shamroy
Cinematographer
Richard Deacon
Maginot
William B. Murphy
Editor
Jerome Cowan
Brinkley
Leon Askin
Samir
David Lewis
Cronkite
Milton Frome
Air Force General
Charles Lane
Editor
Jerry Orbach
Pinkerton
Jackie Coogan
Father Ryan
Nai Bonet
Specialty Dancer
Sultanna
Specialty Dancer
Dick Wilson
Frobish (uncredited)
Barbara Bouchet
Astrid Porche (uncredited)
James Brolin
Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
Ron Brown
Football Player (uncredited)
George Allen
Vendor (uncredited)
Syl Lamont
Captain of Notre Dame Team (uncredited)
Stanley Ralph Ross
Muezzin (uncredited)
Eve Bruce
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Telly Savalas
Macmuid (uncredited)
Olan Soule
Second Editor (uncredited)
Jim Boles
Air Force Colonel (uncredited)
Angela Douglas
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Carey Foster
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Linda Foster
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Teri Garr
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Shelby Grant
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Sandra Gregg
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Paula Lane
Polly Benson (uncredited)
Jane Wald
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Ted Grossman
Stunts
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration
Dale Hennesy
Art Direction
L.B. Abbott
Visual Effects
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
John Flynn
Assistant Director
Ray Aghayan
Costume Design
Margaret Donovan
Hair Supervisor
Emil Kosa Jr.
Visual Effects
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
Chris Haynes
Driver
Richard Talmadge
Second Unit Director
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Elmer Raguse
Sound
Frank Westmore
Makeup Artist
Leon Charles
Dialogue Coach
Don B. Greenwood
Props
William Eckhardt
Unit Production Manager
Johnny Borgese
Special Effects
Fred R. Simpson
Assistant Director
Adele Balkan
Costume Design
John Franco
Script Supervisor
Jesse Wayne
Stunts
Mickey Sherrard
Wardrobe Designer
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Wiki.
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! is a 1965 American comedy film based on the novel by William Peter Blatty published in 1963.
The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson. The film was shot in the Mojave Desert.
In the film, an American military aviator crashlands in a fictional Arab country. He is held captive, but the country's leader is informed of his past career as a star of college football. He arranges an exhibition football match between his country's university team and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, using the captive aviator for leverage.