During the Cold War, John Goldfarb (Richard Crenna) crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz (Sir Peter Ustinov), soon ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Jenny Ericson | |
| Peter Ustinov | ... | King Fawz | |
| Richard Crenna | ... | John Goldfarb | |
| Jim Backus | ... | Miles Whitepaper | |
| Scott Brady | ... | Coach Sakalakis | |
| Fred Clark | ... | Heinous Overreach | |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... | Mustafa Guz | |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo | |
| Patrick Adiarte | ... | Prince Ammud | |
| Richard Deacon | ... | Secretary of Defense Charles Maginot | |
| Jerome Cowan | ... | Ambassadaor Brinkley | |
| Leon Askin | ... | Samir | |
| David Lewis | ... | Stottle Cronkite | |
| Milton Frome | ... | Air Force General | |
| Charles Lane | ... | 'Strife' Magazine Editor | |
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During the Cold War, John Goldfarb (Richard Crenna) crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz (Sir Peter Ustinov), 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 (Shirley MacLaine), and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.
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It's Here! At Last! Not a Scene Cut! Not a Word Changed! See more »Genres:
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24 March 1965 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A braccia aperte See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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Mandy - Harem Girl: Ask? He didn't 'ask' me to do anything. He's the king.
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Music by John Williams (as Johnny Williams)
Lyrics by Don Wolf
Sung by Shirley MacLaine during the opening credits
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According to Patricia Bosworth's 1978 biography, Montgomery Clift was offered the male lead in this movie, but turned it down. See more »Goofs
When Shirley first presents herself to the king she is fearful he will "make his move.on her" so she dresses herself to be as undesirable as possible and throws herself on his bed. The next three shots have her legs crossed right over left, then left over right, them back to right over left in quick succession. See more »Quotes
Jenny Ericson: What did he ask you to do?Mandy - Harem Girl: Ask? He didn't 'ask' me to do anything. He's the king.
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John Goldfarb, Please Come HomeMusic by John Williams (as Johnny Williams)
Lyrics by Don Wolf
Sung by Shirley MacLaine during the opening credits
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Only politically correct prigs and other humorless types will fail to enjoy this over-the-top farce. (Including some here, one of whom doesn't like "Michael" Myers, so consider the source.) The plot involves a dim U-2 pilot (Richard Crenna) who takes a wrong turn and lands in the oil-soaked desert domain of a zany sheik, a dippy journalist (Shirley MacLane) trapped in his harem, State Department bureaucrats, the Notre Dame football team, and other innocents who find themselves asea in the sand.
Everyone's insulted, so everyone should have a good time. Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau was classic, but Peter Ustinov's King Fawz is something else again. If you see "John Goldfarb" in your TV listings, gather your craziest crowd, pass the stash, and laugh away the evening on this crazy flick.