John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Writer:

William Peter Blatty (writer)

Release Date:

24 March 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It's the happiest, wackiest, zaniest comedy you'll ever see! [UK]

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Football | Journalist | Belly Dance | Model Train | Camouflage

Cast

Shirley MacLaine	...	Jenny Ericson ('Strife' Magazine reporter)
Peter Ustinov	...	King Fawz
Richard Crenna	...	John Goldfarb
Jim Backus	...	Miles Whitepaper (chief of Middle East division)
Scott Brady	...	Sakalakis (Notre Dame coach)
Fred Clark	...	Heinous Overreach (head of CIA)
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	Mustafa Guz (Fawz's major-domo)
Harry Morgan	...	Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo
Patrick Adiarte	...	Prince Ammud (King Fawz's son)
Richard Deacon	...	Secretary of Defense Charles Maginot
Jerome Cowan	...	Brinkley (U.S. ambassador to Fawzia)
Leon Askin	...	Samir (chief eunich)
David Lewis	...	Stottle Cronkite (head of USIA)
Milton Frome	...	Air Force general
Charles Lane	...	'Strife' Magazine editor

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

In 2007, a musical comedy version of "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home" was performed in New York City as part of the annual Fringe Festival. William Peter Blatty's script followed his original screenplay fairly closely, although none of the original music was used.

Quotes:

Sakalakis: [looking at bench] Rimsky, in for Korsakoff!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "M*A*S*H: Henry, Please Come Home (#1.9)" (1972)

Soundtrack:

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home

Arabian Night Football

"John Goldfarb, Please Come Home" is a farce seemingly typical of the '60s. The story centers around a bumbling pilot and former college football player who finds himself as coach of a ragtag football team in the Middle East. William Peter Blatty, author of "The Exorcist," wrote this comedy (hard to believe!). It's a movie full of political incorrectness. Peter Ustinov is at the heart, playing a crackpot Arab sultan. And Shirley MacLaine does a memorable turn as a female reporter going undercover in the harem. She does a unique belly dance here! Of course, a movie like this couldn't be made today. But let's just look back and enjoy the laughs, shall we?