Escape: Human Cargo (TV 1998)

Director:

Simon Wincer

Writers:

John McDonald (book), Clyde Burleson (book),

Stars:

Treat Williams, Stephen Lang, Sasson Gabai

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Treat Williams	...	John McDonald
Stephen Lang	...	Dennis McNatt
Sasson Gabai	...	Suliman Nasir Rasi
Ze'ev Revach	...	Sheik Abdulla Fazza
Lawrence Dane	...	Pinder
Rinan Haim	...	Silent Sam
Uri Gavriel	...	Khalid (as Uri Gabriel)
Janet-Laine Green	...	Pat
Brandon Bone	...	Greg
Kristen Bone	...	Marilyn
Brent Bone	...	Gil
Elva Mai Hoover	...	State Department Woman
Patrick Galligan	...	Bruce Baines
Imad Gibrin	...	Hotel Porter
Jack Adalist	...	Jamison

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

passport | escape | arab | captive | overseas employment | 

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Taglines:

Baseret på virkelige hændelser![Denmark] Seperated from his country and family, John McDonald has one purpose... Getting Home.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Apodrasi apo to Dhahran

Filming Locations:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Neufeld Rehme Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Pretty good!

My husband knows how much I like Treat Williams, and found this videotape at a flea market for 2 bucks, and he came home with it and we watched it, and both of us actually really liked it! It was a lot better then I thought it would be.

Drama mixed with a little humor, Treat plays John MacDonald, who goes to Saudi Arabia to get the project-construction deal, and keeps getting let down or ticked off about it while he is there..well, after being there for so long, and things not going the way he planned, he tries to leave, but can't, because of their laws, it is up to the Shiek to let him have his passport back, which he refuses, so after trying again to do right by making this housing project, he gets duped again, and decided with a help of an American friend he met there, they decide to put him in a cargo box to get him home on a plane...

This is based on a true story, and was actually pretty interesting.