Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

Risk, resilience, and rescue amidst revolution.

Duration: 97 min

Release date: 1981-05-17

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A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.

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Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

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as Ambassador Ken Taylor

as John Sheardon

Diana Barrington

Diana Barrington

as Zena Sheardown

James B. Douglas

James B. Douglas

as Joe Stafford

as Kathy Stafford

as L. Bruce Laingen

as Jean Pelletier

as Marine Sgt. Lopez

as Sgt. Gauthier

as Michael Howland

as Victor Tomseth

as Kathryn 'Katie' Koob

as Iranian Minister

George Bloomfield

George Bloomfield

as Louis LeClerc

François Klanfer

François Klanfer

Michael J. Reynolds

Michael J. Reynolds

George R. Robertson

George R. Robertson

George Touliatos

George Touliatos

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Lionel Chetwynd

Lionel Chetwynd

Lionel Chetwynd

Lionel Chetwynd

Executive Producer

Leslie Borden Brown

Leslie Borden Brown

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