Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
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Genre	Drama History Thriller
Written by	Lionel Chetwynd Stanley Rubin
Directed by	Lamont Johnson
Music by	Peter Jermyn
Country of origin	Canada United States
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 (1981-05-17)

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 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)

See also

• Argo (2012 film)

References

1. Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper AllMovie . Retrieved November 24, 2020.
2. "Before 'Argo,' there was 'Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper' - the Vote on Variety.com". Archived from the original on June 1, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

External links

• Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper at IMDb