Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

*Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper*
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
	Title card
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

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)