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Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

8.019811h 37mPGMovieHistoryDramaThriller

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

DirectorLamont Johnson
WriterLionel Chetwynd
ProducersLes Harris·Rob Iveson

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Cast · Directed by Lamont Johnson

GPGordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Ambassador Ken Taylor
CWChris Wiggins
Chris Wiggins
John Sheardon
DBDiana Barrington
Diana Barrington
Zena Sheardown
RJRobert Joy
Robert Joy
Mark Lijek
JDJames B. Douglas
James B. Douglas
Bob Anders
TCTisa Chang
Tisa Chang
Pat Taylor
LA
Larry Aubrey
Joe Stafford
MA
Matsu Anderson
Cora Lijek
JKJulie Khaner
Julie Khaner
Kathy Stafford
LCLeslie Carlson
Leslie Carlson
L. Bruce Laingen
RLRobert Lalonde
Robert Lalonde
Jean Pelletier
RTR.H. Thomson
R.H. Thomson
Lee Schatz

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Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper isn't streaming anywhere in Australia yet.

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Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 5, 1981. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.