middle east,espionage,cold war,american football,soviet union,harem,belly dancing,cheerleading,airplane crash,falling in love,female journalist,1960s,father son relationship

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)

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A Wild Whirl of Wacky Fun!

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
J. Lee Thompson
  • Profile picture of Shirley MacLaine
    Jenny Shirley MacLaine
  • Profile picture of Peter Ustinov
    Fawz Peter Ustinov
  • Profile picture of Richard Crenna
    John Goldfarb Richard Crenna
  • Profile picture of Jim Backus
    Whitepaper Jim Backus
  • Profile picture of Scott Brady
    Sakalakis Scott Brady
  • Profile picture of Fred Clark
    Overreach Fred Clark
  • Profile picture of Wilfrid Hyde-White
    Guz Wilfrid Hyde-White
  • Profile picture of Harry Morgan
    Sarajevo Harry Morgan

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Keywords

  • middle east
  • espionage
  • cold war
  • american football
  • soviet union
  • harem
  • belly dancing
  • cheerleading
  • airplane crash
  • falling in love
  • female journalist
  • 1960s
  • father son relationship