Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
| Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Drama History Thriller |
| Written by | Lionel Chetwynd Stanley Rubin |
| Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
| Music by | |
| Country of origin | United States / Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Stanley Rubin |
| Producers | Les Harris |
| Production location | Toronto |
| Cinematography | |
| Editors | Jeff Warren |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Production companies | CTV Television Network Canadian Film Development Corporation |
| Distributor | CBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | May 17, 1981 (USA) |
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[]
- 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)
- as Bob Anders (Consular officer)
- Tisa Chang as Pat Taylor (Kenneth Taylor's spouse)
- as Joseph "Joe" Stafford (Consular officer)
- as Cora Lijek (Consular assistant)
- Julie Khaner as Kathy Stafford (Consular assistant)
- Robert Lalonde as Jean Pelletier (Canadian diplomat)
- R.H. Thomson as Henry Lee Schatz (Agricultural attaché)
- Carl Marotte as Sergeant Lopez (U.S Marine)
- as Sergeant Gauthier (U.S Marine)
- Jonathan Welsh as Michael Howland
- as Tomseth
- as Kathryn "Katie" Koob (Head of the Iranian-American cultural center)
- 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[]
References[]
- ^ Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper AllMovie. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
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External links[]
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Categories:
- American television films
- 1981 television films
- 1981 films
- Iran hostage crisis
- Iranian Revolution films
- Canadian television films
- Canadian films
- Films set in Iran
- Films shot in Toronto
- Films set in 1979
- Films set in 1980
- American films
- Films about Canada–United States relations
- Films directed by Lamont Johnson
- American television film stubs