John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
“A Wild Whirl of Wacky Fun!”
1965•1h 36m•3.8•Released
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.
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Writer
William Peter Blatty
Budget
$4M
Languages
English
Studio
Orchard Productions
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
Jerome Cowan
Brinkley
Leon Askin
Samir
David Lewis
Cronkite
Milton Frome
Air Force General
Charles Lane
Editor
Production
Company
Orchard Productions
Company
Steve Parker Productions
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
J. Lee Thompson
Producer
Steve Parker
Recommended
5.8
Balls Up
2026
5.9
I Love My Dad
2022
6
The Cheerleaders
1973
6.5
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
7.1
The Wrecking Crew
2026
6.2
Fanboys
2009
6.5
The Game Plan
2007
6.8
Detroit Rock City
1999
6.2
Sextuplets
2019
7.8
Back to the Future Part II
1989
6.4
Central Intelligence
2016
6
The Union
2024
7.1
Top Secret!
1984
6.9
Hidden Strike
2023
6.5
Into the Night
1985
6.9
My Spy
2020
5.8
Fading Gigolo
2013
7.9
Mayday
2026
6.5
My Spy The Eternal City
2024
6.2
Get Smart
2008
Similar Movies
5.5
The Liar
1968
6
Alexander the Grape
1965
7
An Affair of States
1966
6.7
The Bait
1964
5.5
The Lady and the Tramp
1968
6.8
Wake up Vassili
1969
6.2
My Dad's a Soccer Mom
2014
6.9
Rajakumarudu
1999
6.9
The Marriage Fool
1998
7.4
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
5.6
Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland
2016
5.6
Victor Crowley
2017
6.8
Why Be Good?
1929
3.7
Tjvjik
1962
4.3
The Outdoorsman
2017
5
Zeroville
2019
8
Flying Pat
1920
Pumpkin Hell
2007
10
College Days
1926
7
The Idiotmaker's Gravity Tour
2011