John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Release: 1965-03-24
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 3.1
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Orchard Productions
Steve Parker Productions
20th Century Fox
Cast
Shirley MacLaine
as Jenny
Peter Ustinov
as Fawz
Richard Crenna
as John Goldfarb
Jim Backus
as Whitepaper
Scott Brady
as Sakalakis
Fred Clark
as Overreach
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Guz
Harry Morgan
as Sarajevo
Patrick Adiarte
as Ammud
Richard Deacon
as Maginot
Jerome Cowan
as Brinkley
Leon Askin
as Samir
David Lewis
as Cronkite
Milton Frome
as Air Force General
Charles Lane
as Editor
Jerry Orbach
as Pinkerton
Jackie Coogan
as Father Ryan
Dick Wilson
as Frobish (uncredited)
Barbara Bouchet
as Astrid Porche (uncredited)
James Brolin
as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
Telly Savalas
as Macmuid (uncredited)
Olan Soule
as Second Editor (uncredited)
Jim Boles
as Air Force Colonel (uncredited)
Angela Douglas
as Harem Girl (uncredited)
Linda Foster
as Harem Girl (uncredited)
Teri Garr
as Harem Girl (uncredited)
Shelby Grant
as Harem Girl (uncredited)
Paula Lane
as Polly Benson (uncredited)
Crew
Shirley MacLaine
Songs
J. Lee Thompson
Director
John Williams
Original Music Composer
J. Lee Thompson
Producer
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
William Peter Blatty
Writer
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
John Flynn
Assistant Director
Richard Talmadge
Second Unit Director
Dale Hennesy
Art Direction
Ted Grossman
Stunts
John Williams
Conductor
Edith Head
Costume Design
Elmer Raguse
Sound