Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
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GenreDrama
History
Thriller
History
Thriller
Written byLionel Chetwynd
Stanley Rubin
Stanley Rubin
Directed byLamont Johnson
Music byPeter Jermyn
| Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper | |
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 Title card | |
| Genre | Drama History Thriller |
| Written by | Lionel Chetwynd Stanley Rubin |
| Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
| Music by | Peter Jermyn |
| Countries of origin |
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| 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]
- 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)
