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
Network & Production Companies


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 / Songs

Peter Ustinov
Fawz

Richard Crenna
John Goldfarb

Jim Backus
Whitepaper

Scott Brady
Sakalakis

Fred Clark
Overreach

Wilfrid Hyde-White
Guz

Harry Morgan
Sarajevo

Patrick Adiarte
Ammud

Richard Deacon
Maginot

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)

J. Lee Thompson
Director / Producer

John Williams
Original Music Composer / Conductor

Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography

William Peter Blatty
Writer

Chris Haynes
Driver

Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist

Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration

Mary Tate
Wardrobe Designer

Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction

Albert Woodbury
Orchestrator

Loren Janes
Stunt Double

John Flynn
Assistant Director

Frank Westmore
Makeup Artist

Steve Parker
Producer

Jesse Wayne
Stunts

Don B. Greenwood
Props

Fred Hall
Gaffer

Carlton W. Faulkner
Sound

Richard Talmadge
Second Unit Director

Dale Hennesy
Art Direction

John Franco
Script Supervisor

Leon Charles
Dialogue Coach

Ray Aghayan
Costume Design

Ted Grossman
Stunts

Arthur Morton
Orchestrator

Fred R. Simpson
Assistant Director

William Eckhardt
Unit Production Manager

Edith Head
Costume Design

Frank Khoury
Driver

L.B. Abbott
Visual Effects

Paul Godkin
Choreographer

Leo McCreary
Grip

Gary Downey
Stunts

Elmer Raguse
Sound
Media.


Details.
Release DateMarch 24, 1965
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Budget$4,000,000
Filming LocationsCalifornia, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
middle east
american football
cold war
soviet union
spying
belly dancing
harem
cheerleading
airplane crash
falling in love
woman journalist
1960s
father son relationship
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.
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