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Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Risk, resilience, and rescue amidst revolution.
8.0(1)19811h 37m
A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.
- Director
- Lamont Johnson
- Created by
- Stanley Rubin
- Writers
- Lionel Chetwynd
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Cast
Gordon Pinsent
Ambassador Ken Taylor
Chris Wiggins
John Sheardon
Diana Barrington
Zena Sheardown
Robert Joy
Mark Lijek
James B. Douglas
Bob Anders
Tisa Chang
Pat Taylor
Larry Aubrey
Joe Stafford
Matsu Anderson
Cora Lijek
Julie Khaner
Kathy Stafford
Leslie Carlson
L. Bruce Laingen
Robert Lalonde
Jean Pelletier
R.H. Thomson
Lee Schatz
Carl Marotte
Marine Sgt. Lopez
Jason Dean
Sgt. Gauthier
Jonathan Welsh
Michael Howland
J.P. Linton
Victor Tomseth
Barbara Gordon
Kathryn 'Katie' Koob
Tom Berry
Kim King
Hrant Alianak
Iranian Minister
George Bloomfield
Sampson
Maher Boutros
Siad
Jack Blum
Louis LeClerc
John Granik
François Klanfer
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Crew
Directing
- Lamont JohnsonDirector
Writing
- Lionel ChetwyndWriter
- Lionel ChetwyndScreenstory
- Stanley RubinScreenstory
Production
- Les HarrisProducer
- Rob IvesonProducer
- Stanley RubinExecutive Producer
Editing
- Leslie Borden BrownEditor
- Jeff WarrenEditor
Sound
- Peter JermynMusic
Art
- Carol SpierArt Direction
Crew
- Albert J. DunkCinematography