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A Wild Whirl of Wacky Fun!
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Shirley MacLaineJenny
Peter UstinovFawz
Richard CrennaJohn Goldfarb
Jim BackusWhitepaper
Scott BradySakalakis
Fred ClarkOverreach
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Harry MorganSarajevo
Patrick AdiarteAmmud
Richard DeaconMaginot
Jerome CowanBrinkley
Leon AskinSamirExplore the crew
- Director
- J. Lee Thompson
- Producer
- J. Lee Thompson
- Original Music Composer
- John Williams
- Director of Photography
- Leon Shamroy
- Writer
- William Peter Blatty
- Editor
- William B. Murphy
- Producer
- Steve Parker