John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)

Movie"A Wild Whirl of Wacky Fun!"
Audience Score
36
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
NR 1 hr 36 minMar 24th, 1965Comedy
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.
StarringShirley MacLainePeter UstinovRichard Crenna
DirectorJ. Lee Thompson
WriterWilliam Peter Blatty

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 24th, 1965
Movie Budget:$4,000,000
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Orchard Productions, Steve Parker Productions, 20th Century Fox
Movie Tags:
1960sfather son relationshipamerican footballcold warespionagesoviet unionfalling in lovemiddle eastairplane crashharem