Product Details

• Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov
• Directors: J.Lee Thompson
• Format: Import, Color, Full length, Anamorphic, Widescreen
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Area 51 Imports
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000NYEXC4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,967 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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A former Notre Dame football star crash lands over a mythical Arabian country while on spy mission to the USSR. He is then forced by the football-obsessed king of that country to coach their football team and falls in love with an American reporter covering stories there.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hold on to your seat, February 4, 2008

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bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: John Goldfarb Please Come Home (DVD)

John (Wrongway) Goldfarb (Richard Crenna), is involved in our defense is a U2 pilot. He is in the process of surveying Russia when is with everything else in his life something always goes wrong; in this case it was his plane. He is forced to bail out over Fawzi Arabia. The reason that he actually got his nickname Wrongway is because he used to be in football and ran the wrong way.

Jenny Ericson (Shirley MacLaine),'Strife' Magazine reporter, just happened to be undercover as a harem girl. She wants out and he wants to go home; so they ban together as both are desired for their abilities by King Fawz (Peter Ustinov.) King Fawz wants to build a football team to play against Notre Dame for rejecting his son. And you can imagine what he wants harem girl Jenny for.

The background music might be a little annoying but this is the song from the movie "John Goldfarb Please Come Home." However Peter Ustinov does such good character acting that it makes up for any shortcoming you may find in this presentation.

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hold on to your seat, October 7, 2008

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bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: John Goldfarb Please Come Home [Import] (DVD)

John (Wrongway) Goldfarb (Richard Crenna), is involved in our defense is a U2 pilot. He is in the process of surveying Russia when is with everything else in his life something always goes wrong; in this case it was his plane. He is forced to bail out over Fawzi Arabia. The reason that he actually got his nickname Wrongway is because he used to be in football and ran the wrong way.

Jenny Ericson (Shirley MacLaine),'Strife' Magazine reporter, just happened to be undercover as a harem girl. She wants out and he wants to go home; so they ban together as both are desired for their abilities by King Fawz (Peter Ustinov.) King Fawz wants to build a football team to play against Notre Dame for rejecting his son. And you can imagine what he wants harem girl Jenny for.

The background music might be a little annoying but this is the song from the movie "John Goldfarb Please Come Home." However Peter Ustinov does such good character acting that it makes up for any shortcoming you may find in this presentation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Politically Incorrect, September 25, 2011

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Linda S. Blyth - See all my reviews
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This review is from: John Goldfarb Please Come Home [Import] (DVD)

This oldie moldie was one that we searched for, and could only find thru Amazon! A hilarious romp, Shirley Maclaine is so funny, good supporting cast,beautiful costumes.However, it could be considered lnsulting to Arabic folks. If this doesn't bother you, see it by all means!!LB