Escape: Human Cargo

*Escape: Human Cargo*
Escape: Human Cargo
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Genre	Action; Drama
Based on	"Flight from Dhahran"; by John McDonald
Screenplay by	William Mickelberry; Dan Vining
Directed by	Simon Wincer
Starring	Treat Williams ; Stephen Lang ; Sasson Gabai
Music by	Eric Colvin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Rehme ; Mace Neufeld
Producers	Nick Grillo ; Anne E. Curry; David Franco
Cinematography	David Burr
Editor	Terry Blythe
Running time	107 minutes
Production company	Neufeld Rehme Productions
Original release
Network	Showtime
Release	March 22, 1998

Last updated July 13, 2025

Escape: Human Cargo is a 1998 American action television film, directed by Simon Wincer. The film was based upon the autobiography Flight from Dhahran by John McDonald^[1]^[2] In 1999, the film was nominated at the Motion Picture Sound Editors for the Golden Reel Award in the Best Sound Editing - Television movies category. It lost to A Soldier's Sweetheart .^[3]

Plot

John McDonald, an American prefabricated housing entrepreneur, is working on a business deal in Saudi Arabia. The business deal goes awry and he's soon arrested by his business partner and made a virtual hostage within the Kingdom and does not receive any help from the U.S. Embassy as they have a noninterference policy with the Saudi government. Fearing for the worst, McDonald crafts a plot to smuggle himself out in a wooden cargo box.

Cast

Treat Williams ... John McDonald
Stephen Lang ... Dennis McNatt
Sasson Gabai ... Suliman Nasir Rasi
Ze'ev Revach ... Sheik Abdulla Fazza
Rinan Haim ... Silent Sam
Uri Gavriel ... Khalid

References

↑ Craddock, Jim; Connors, Martin, eds. (August 1999). Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2000. Visible Ink Press. p. 302. ISBN 9781578590421 . Retrieved July 1, 2025.
↑ McDonald, John (1981). Flight from Dhahran: The True Experiences of an American Businessman Held Hostage in Saudi Arabia. with Clyde W. Burleson. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0133224535.
↑ "Escape: Human Cargo (1998)".

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[Videohound-1] Craddock, Jim; Connors, Martin, eds. (August 1999). Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2000. Visible Ink Press. p. 302. ISBN 9781578590421 . Retrieved July 1, 2025.

[McDonald-2] McDonald, John (1981). Flight from Dhahran: The True Experiences of an American Businessman Held Hostage in Saudi Arabia. with Clyde W. Burleson. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0133224535.

[3] "Escape: Human Cargo (1998)".

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Escape: Human Cargo
Home video cover art
Genre	Action Drama
Based on	"Flight from Dhahran" by John McDonald
Screenplay by	William Mickelberry Dan Vining
Directed by	Simon Wincer
Starring	Treat Williams Stephen Lang Sasson Gabai
Music by	Eric Colvin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Rehme Mace Neufeld
Producers	Nick Grillo Anne E. Curry David Franco
Cinematography	David Burr
Editor	Terry Blythe
Running time	107 minutes
Production company	Neufeld Rehme Productions
Original release
Network	Showtime
Release	March 22, 1998 (1998-03-22)

Escape: Human Cargo

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Plot

Cast

References

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