

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981 · 97 min · History, Drama, Thriller, TV MoviePG
Risk, resilience, and rescue amidst revolution.
A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.
- Director
- Lamont Johnson
- Writer
- Lionel Chetwynd
- Released
- May 17, 1981
- Language
- English
Cast

Gordon Pinsent
Ambassador Ken Taylor

Chris Wiggins
John Sheardon

Diana Barrington
Zena Sheardown

Robert Joy
Mark Lijek

James B. Douglas
Bob Anders

Tisa Chang
Pat Taylor
Larry Aubrey
Joe Stafford
Matsu Anderson
Cora Lijek

Julie Khaner
Kathy Stafford

Leslie Carlson
L. Bruce Laingen

Robert Lalonde
Jean Pelletier

R.H. Thomson
Lee Schatz
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