John Goldfarb is a U-2 pilot who gets lost and crash-lands in an oil-rich Arab country which the USA has just mortally offended by offering pigskin luggage to the Sultan (played by Peter Ustinov) as a diplomatic gift. The offended Sultan refuses to repatriate the pilot unless the US allows his football team (coached by Goldfarb) to play Notre Dame. Mr Goldfarb (played by Richard Crenna) is famously known as "Wrong Way Goldfarb" for having returned a recovered fumble for a touchdown for the opposing team (this has actually happened in both college and professional football, by the way). Shirley MacLain plays a reporter who goes to the country to report on the controversy; the Sultan lusts for her and wants to induct her into his harem, but she persuades Goldfarb to protect her by claiming her for himself (this is the part I think you might find offensive). In the end, the game is played, the locals win on a touchdown scored by Shirley, because the Notre Dame players won't tackle a dame, relations with the country are mended, the oil flows, and hero and heroine fly off (the wrong way) into the sunset. It's a horrible movie, so terrible it is pure gold.
-- Mal
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