John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

"A Wild Whirl of Wacky Fun!"

1965

1h 36m

3.4(8 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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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38 members

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Shirley MacLaine

Jenny

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Peter Ustinov

Fawz

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Richard Crenna

John Goldfarb

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Jim Backus

Whitepaper

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Scott Brady

Sakalakis

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Fred Clark

Overreach

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Wilfrid Hyde-White

Guz

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Harry Morgan

Sarajevo

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Patrick Adiarte

Ammud

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Richard Deacon

Maginot

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Jerome Cowan

Brinkley

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Leon Askin

Samir

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David Lewis

Cronkite

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Milton Frome

Air Force General

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Charles Lane

Editor

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Jerry Orbach

Pinkerton

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Jackie Coogan

Father Ryan

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Nai Bonet

Specialty Dancer

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Sultanna

Specialty Dancer

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Dick Wilson

Frobish (uncredited)

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Barbara Bouchet

Astrid Porche (uncredited)

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James Brolin

Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)

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Ron Brown

Football Player (uncredited)

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George Allen

Vendor (uncredited)

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Syl Lamont

Captain of Notre Dame Team (uncredited)

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Stanley Ralph Ross

Muezzin (uncredited)

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Eve Bruce

Harem Girl (uncredited)

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Telly Savalas

Macmuid (uncredited)

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Olan Soule

Second Editor (uncredited)

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Jim Boles

Air Force Colonel (uncredited)

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Angela Douglas

Harem Girl (uncredited)

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Carey Foster

Harem Girl (uncredited)

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Linda Foster

Harem Girl (uncredited)

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Teri Garr

Harem Girl (uncredited)

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Shelby Grant

Harem Girl (uncredited)

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Sandra Gregg

Harem Girl (uncredited)

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Paula Lane

Polly Benson (uncredited)

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Jane Wald

Harem Girl (uncredited)

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