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.
| Directing | J. Lee Thompson | Director |
| Production | J. Lee Thompson | Producer |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Directing | John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Leon Charles | Dialogue Coach |
| Production | Alan Lee | Producer's Assistant |
| Crew | Paul Godkin | Choreographer |
| Crew | Frank Khoury | Driver |
| Crew | Chris Haynes | Driver |
| Sound | Albert Woodbury | Orchestrator |
| Sound | John Williams | Conductor |
| Sound | Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Tate | Wardrobe Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mickey Sherrard | Wardrobe Designer |
| Camera | Leo McCreary | Grip |
| Lighting | Fred Hall | Gaffer |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Ted Grossman | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Downey | Stunts |
| Crew | Jesse Wayne | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | L.B. Abbott | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Emil Kosa Jr. | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Johnny Borgese | Special Effects |
| Sound | Elmer Raguse | Sound |
| Sound | Carlton W. Faulkner | Sound |
| Art | Don B. Greenwood | Props |
| Directing | Fred R. Simpson | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Richard Talmadge | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | John Flynn | Assistant Director |
| Production | William Eckhardt | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Donovan | Hair Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ray Aghayan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Balkan | Costume Design |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Art | Dale Hennesy | Art Direction |
| Editing | William B. Murphy | Editor |
| Production | Steve Parker | Producer |
| Sound | Shirley MacLaine | Songs |
| Writing | William Peter Blatty | Writer |
