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.
Theatrical
Mar 24, 1965
Budget
$4.0M
Director
Producers
J. Lee Thompson, Alan Lee
Music
Studio
Orchard Productions, Steve Parker Productions, 20th Century Fox
Cast
Full credits →S
Shirley MacLaine
Jenny
P
Peter Ustinov
Fawz
R
Richard Crenna
John Goldfarb
J
Jim Backus
Whitepaper
S
Scott Brady
Sakalakis
F
Fred Clark
Overreach
W
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Guz
H
Harry Morgan
Sarajevo
P
Patrick Adiarte
Ammud
R
Richard Deacon
Maginot
J
Jerome Cowan
Brinkley
L
Leon Askin
Samir
D
David Lewis
Cronkite
M
Milton Frome
Air Force General
C
Charles Lane
Editor
J
Jerry Orbach
Pinkerton
J
Jackie Coogan
Father Ryan
N
Nai Bonet
Specialty Dancer
D
Dick Wilson
Frobish (uncredited)
B
Barbara Bouchet
Astrid Porche (uncredited)
