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Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981) (TV)
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17 May 1981 (USA) morePlot:
A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
The movie that proves that not all Canadians are push-overs. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gordon Pinsent | ... | Ambassador Ken Taylor |
| Chris Wiggins | ... | John Sheardown |
| 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 |
| Robert Lalonde | ... | Jean Pelletier |
| R.H. Thomson | ... | Lee Schatz |
 | Carl Marotte | ... | Marine Sergeant Lopez |
| Jason Dean | ... | Sergeant Gauthier |
| Jonathan Welsh | ... | Michael Howland |
 | J.P. Linton | ... | Victor Tomseth (as John-Peter Linton) |
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This movie should appeal to all Canadians on the level of a sentimental reminder of our heroics during the Iranian hostage incident. However, it should also be appealing on an entertainment level also. The film stars many familiar Canadian actors like the ubiquitous Robert Joy, Chris Wiggins, R.H. Thompson and, of course, the anti-hero Gordon Pinsent who plays real life anti-hero Ken Taylor. The film does not glorify Taylor as a one-man Rambo saviour but rather shows him as a leader among a group of peace loving and peace keeping Canadians. For example, Thompson plays Lee Schatz. Schatz helps the escape plan by pretending to be an agriculture student from Guelph. The Iranian airport officials fall for his ruse and the hostages are one step closer to freedom. Quite often, TV movies based on recent real life events become dated quickly. However, the humour, production and cast make this film a souvenir of the 1980s to hang on to.