John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
A Wild Whirl of Wacky Fun!
1965 | 96m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | J. Lee Thompson |
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| Writer: | William Peter Blatty |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 24, 1965 |
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| Director: | J. Lee Thompson |
| Writer: | William Peter Blatty |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | middle east, american football, cold war, soviet union, espionage, belly dancing, harem, cheerleading, airplane crash, falling in love, female journalist, 1960s, father son relationship |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Orchard Productions, Steve Parker Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $4,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Shirley MacLaine | Songs |
| J. Lee Thompson | Director |
| John Williams | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Dale Hennesy | Art Direction |
| Ted Grossman | Stunts |
| Richard Talmadge | Second Unit Director |
| Loren Janes | Stunt Double |
| Frank Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Elmer Raguse | Sound |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| John Flynn | Assistant Director |
| William Peter Blatty | Writer |
| John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Leon Charles | Dialogue Coach |
| Alan Lee | Producer's Assistant |
| Paul Godkin | Choreographer |
| Frank Khoury | Driver |
| Chris Haynes | Driver |
| Albert Woodbury | Orchestrator |
| Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Mary Tate | Wardrobe Designer |
| Mickey Sherrard | Wardrobe Designer |
| Leo McCreary | Grip |
| Fred Hall | Gaffer |
| Gary Downey | Stunts |
| Jesse Wayne | Stunts |
| L.B. Abbott | Visual Effects |
| Emil Kosa Jr. | Visual Effects |
| Johnny Borgese | Special Effects |
| Carlton W. Faulkner | Sound |
| Don B. Greenwood | Props |
| Fred R. Simpson | Assistant Director |
| William Eckhardt | Unit Production Manager |
| Margaret Donovan | Hair Supervisor |
| Ray Aghayan | Costume Design |
| Adele Balkan | Costume Design |
| Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| William B. Murphy | Editor |
| Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| J. Lee Thompson | Producer |
| Steve Parker | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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