Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
| Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
| Produced by |
Les Harris Rob Iveson Stanley Rubin |
| Written by |
Lionel Chetwynd Stanley Rubin |
| Music by | Peter Jermyn |
| Cinematography | Albert J. Dunk |
| Edited by |
Leslie Borden Brown Jeff Warren |
Production company |
CTV Television Network Canadian Film Development Corporation Canamedia Productions Stanley Rubin Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Broadcasting System |
Release dates | May 17, 1981 (USA) |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States / Canada |
| Language | English |
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)
- 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 diplomat)
- 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)
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