Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981)
- Directed by
- Lamont Johnson
- Genre
- history, drama, thriller, tv movie
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
During the Iranian Revolution, six American diplomats escape capture and hide in the Canadian embassy. A CIA agent and the Canadian ambassador work together to get them out of the country.
tensesuspensefulnerve-wrackingpatrioticquietly heroicrescue-driven
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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