John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
“A Wild Whirl of Wacky Fun!”
Synopsis
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.
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965) | Movie Trailer
Type: Trailer • Published 2015-12-03
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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
Release History & Theatrical Window
March 24, 1965
Wide Cinema Exhibition
Financials & Box Office Performance
Production Budget
$4M
Filming & production cost
Worldwide Gross
Pending
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- J. Lee Thompson
- Screenplay & Story
- William Peter Blatty
- Original Score
- John Williams
- Original Title
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Production Budget
- $4M
- Production Studios
- Orchard Productions, Steve Parker Productions, 20th Century Fox
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
J. Lee Thompson
William Peter Blatty
John Williams
Leon Shamroy
William B. Murphy
J. Lee Thompson, Steve Parker
Department Leadership Roster
J. Lee Thompson
Director
John Williams
Original Music Composer
J. Lee Thompson
Producer
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
William Peter Blatty
Writer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Ray Aghayan
Costume Design
William B. Murphy
Editor
Steve Parker
Producer
Adele Balkan
Costume Design
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What is John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! about?
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.
Who directed John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!?
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! was directed by J. Lee Thompson.
Who stars in John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!?
The principal cast of John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! includes Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus, Scott Brady.
When was John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! released and how long is it?
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! was released in 1965 with a total runtime of 1h 36m.
Who composed the musical score for John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!?
The original motion picture soundtrack for John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! was composed by John Williams.