
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.
Cast

Shirley MacLaine
Jenny

Peter Ustinov
Fawz

Richard Crenna
John Goldfarb

Jim Backus
Whitepaper

Scott Brady
Sakalakis

Fred Clark
Overreach

Wilfrid Hyde-White
Guz

Harry Morgan
Sarajevo

Patrick Adiarte
Ammud

Richard Deacon
Maginot

Jerome Cowan
Brinkley

Leon Askin
Samir

David Lewis
Cronkite

Milton Frome
Air Force General

Charles Lane
Editor

Jerry Orbach
Pinkerton

Jackie Coogan
Father Ryan
Nai Bonet
Specialty Dancer
Sultanna
Specialty Dancer

Dick Wilson
Frobish (uncredited)

Barbara Bouchet
Astrid Porche (uncredited)

James Brolin
Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
Ron Brown
Football Player (uncredited)
George Allen
Vendor (uncredited)
Syl Lamont
Captain of Notre Dame Team (uncredited)
Stanley Ralph Ross
Muezzin (uncredited)
Eve Bruce
Harem Girl (uncredited)

Telly Savalas
Macmuid (uncredited)

Olan Soule
Second Editor (uncredited)

Jim Boles
Air Force Colonel (uncredited)

Angela Douglas
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Carey Foster
Harem Girl (uncredited)

Linda Foster
Harem Girl (uncredited)

Teri Garr
Harem Girl (uncredited)

Shelby Grant
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Sandra Gregg
Harem Girl (uncredited)

Paula Lane
Polly Benson (uncredited)
Jane Wald
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Crew

J. Lee Thompson
Director, Producer

William Peter Blatty
Writer
William B. Murphy
Editor

Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Fred R. Simpson
Assistant Director

John Flynn
Assistant Director
Steve Parker
Producer
Alan Lee
Producer's Assistant

Edith Head
Costume Design
Ray Aghayan
Costume Design
Adele Balkan
Costume Design
Mickey Sherrard
Wardrobe Designer
Mary Tate
Wardrobe Designer
Margaret Donovan
Hair Supervisor

Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Frank Westmore
Makeup Artist

Richard Talmadge
Second Unit Director
Carlton W. Faulkner
Sound

Elmer Raguse
Sound
L.B. Abbott
Visual Effects
Emil Kosa Jr.
Visual Effects

John Williams
Original Music Composer, Conductor

Shirley MacLaine
Songs
Leon Charles
Dialogue Coach
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration
Don B. Greenwood
Props
John Franco
Script Supervisor
Frank Khoury
Driver
Chris Haynes
Driver

Ted Grossman
Stunts
Gary Downey
Stunts
Jesse Wayne
Stunts

Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Paul Godkin
Choreographer
Leo McCreary
Grip
Fred Hall
Gaffer
William Eckhardt
Unit Production Manager

Dale Hennesy
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Albert Woodbury
Orchestrator
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
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