John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Overview

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.

Directed by J. Lee Thompson

Top cast

Shirley MacLaine

Jenny

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

J

Jerome Cowan

Brinkley

Leon Askin

Samir

David Lewis

Cronkite

Milton Frome

Air Force General

Charles Lane

Editor

Jerry Orbach

Pinkerton

Jackie Coogan

Father Ryan

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Nai Bonet

Specialty Dancer

S

Sultanna

Specialty Dancer

Dick Wilson

Frobish (uncredited)

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