Cast
Shirley MacLaine (Jenny Ericson)Peter Ustinov (King Fawz)Richard Crenna (John Goldfarb)Jim Backus (Miles Whitepaper)Scott Brady (Coach Sakalakis)Fred Clark (Heinous Overreach)Wilfrid Hyde-White (Mustafa Guz)Harry Morgan (Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo)Patrick Adiarte (Prince Ammud)Richard Deacon (Secretary of Defense Charles Maginot)Jerome Cowan (Ambassadaor Brinkley)Leon Askin (Samir)David Lewis (Stottle Cronkite)Milton Frome (Air Force General)Charles Lane ('Strife' Magazine Editor)Jerry Orbach (Pinkerton)Jackie Coogan (Father Ryan)Nai Bonet (Specialty Dancer)
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Synopsis
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb (Richard Crenna) crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz (Sir Peter Ustinov), 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 (Shirley MacLaine), and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.
