John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 film directed by J. Lee Thompson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home![3] is a 1965 American comedy film based on the novel by William Peter Blatty published in 1963. The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson. The film was shot in the Mojave Desert.
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Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
Written by | William Peter Blatty |
Produced by | J. Lee Thompson Steve Parker |
Starring | Shirley MacLaine Peter Ustinov Richard Crenna |
Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
Edited by | William B. Murphy |
Music by | John Williams |
Production company | Parker–Orchard Productions |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3,705,000[1] |
Box office | $3,000,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
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In the film, an American military aviator crashlands in a fictional Arab country. He is held captive, but the country's leader is informed of his past career as a star of college football. He arranges an exhibition football match between his country's university team and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, using the captive aviator for leverage.