Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Appearance
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper | |
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Genre | Drama History Thriller |
Written by | Lionel Chetwynd Stanley Rubin |
Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
Music by | Peter Jermyn |
Country of origin | Canada / United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Stanley Rubin |
Producers | Les Harris Rob Iveson |
Production location | Toronto |
Cinematography | Albert J. Dunk |
Editors | Leslie Borden Brown Jeff Warren |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Production companies | CTV Television Network Canadian Film Development Corporation Canamedia Productions Stanley Rubin Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | May 17, 1981 |
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper is a Canadian-American television film from 1981 about the "Canadian Caper" during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crises.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Gordon Pinsent as Kenneth D. Taylor (Ambassador of Canada)
- Chris Wiggins as John Sheardown (Canadian diplomat)
- Diana Barrington as Zena Sheardown
- Robert Joy as Mark Lijek (Consular office)
- James B. Douglas as Bob Anders (Consular officer)
- Tisa Chang as Pat Taylor (Kenneth Taylor's spouse)
- Larry Aubrey as Joseph "Joe" Stafford (Consular officer)
- Matsu Anderson as Cora Lijek (Consular assistant)
- Julie Khaner as Kathy Stafford (Consular assistant)
- Robert Lalonde as Jean Pelletier (Canadian journalist)
- R.H. Thomson as Henry Lee Schatz (Agricultural attaché)
- Carl Marotte as Sergeant Lopez (U.S Marine)
- Jason Dean as Sergeant Gauthier (U.S Marine)
- Jonathan Welsh as Michael Howland
- John-Peter Linton as Tomseth
- Barbara Gordon as Kathryn "Katie" Koob (Head of the Iranian-American cultural center)
- Tom Berry as Kim King
- Hrant Alianak as Iranian Minister
- George Bloomfield as Sampson
- Maher Boutros as Siad
- Jack Blum as Louis LeClerc
- Leslie Carlson as Bruce Laingen (United States Chargé d'affaires)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper AllMovie. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ "Before 'Argo,' there was 'Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper' - the Vote on Variety.com". Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
External links
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Categories:
- American drama television films
- 1981 television films
- 1981 films
- Iran hostage crisis
- Iranian revolution films
- Canadian drama television films
- English-language Canadian films
- Films set in Iran
- Films shot in Toronto
- Films set in 1979
- Films set in 1980
- Films about Canada–United States relations
- Films directed by Lamont Johnson
- 1980s American films
- 1980s Canadian films
- CTV Television Network original films
- American drama television film stubs