Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- J. Lee ThompsonDirector
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- William Peter BlattyWriter
Cast
- Shirley MacLaineJenny
- Peter UstinovFawz
- Richard CrennaJohn Goldfarb
- Jim BackusWhitepaper
- Scott BradySakalakis
- Fred ClarkOverreach
- Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteGuz
- Harry MorganSarajevo
- Patrick AdiarteAmmud
- Richard DeaconMaginot
- Jerome CowanBrinkley
- Leon AskinSamir
Stills
Themes
middle eastespionagecold waramerican footballsoviet unionharembelly dancingcheerleadingairplane crashfalling in lovefemale journalist1960s