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Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
“Risk, resilience, and rescue amidst revolution.”
A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.
Directed by Lamont Johnson, Stanley Rubin
80
User score
1 votes
Status
Released
Released
May 17, 1981
Runtime
1h 37m
Language
English
Top 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
