Released:
1965-03-24

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.

Director:
J. Lee Thompson

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Shirley MacLaine
  as
  Jenny
• 
  Peter Ustinov
  as
  Fawz
• 
  Richard Crenna
  as
  John Goldfarb
• 
  Jim Backus
  as
  Whitepaper
• 
  Scott Brady
  as
  Sakalakis