A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.
05-17-1981
1h 37m
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Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Lamont Johnson
Writer:
Lionel Chetwynd
Production:
Canamedia Productions, CTV
Key Crew
Art Direction:
Carol Spier
Screenstory:
Stanley Rubin
Executive Producer:
Stanley Rubin
Cinematography:
Albert J. Dunk
Screenstory:
Lionel Chetwynd
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
CA
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Edward Pinsent CC FRSC (July 12, 1930 – February 25, 2023) was a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer. He began his career in the 1940s, delving into radio dramas before serving in the Canadian Army. His extensive four-decade-long career spans stage, TV, and film, starring in notable works like "Quentin Durgens MP," "The Rowdyman," and "Power Play." He's received numerous awards, including ACTRA, GENIE, and GEMINI Awards, and earned honoraries from several universities. Pinsent's skills extend to writing; his novels inspired feature films, and he penned his memoirs, "By the Way." He shared a close friendship with Marlon Brando, often enjoying drive-in movies with Brando's family.
Chris Wiggins (born January 13, 1930) is an English actor.
He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952.
Wiggins is probably best recognized for his role as Jack Marshak, the benevolent, resourceful expert on the occult in the syndicated television horror show Friday the 13th: The Series, and which ran from 1987 to 1990. Another well known role was Johann Robinson (Father) on Swiss Family Robinson.
He won a Canadian Film Award in 1969 for best Actor for his role in The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar.
In addition to his television and film work, Wiggins was also a very popular radio actor, making over 1,200 appearances in various series over the years, particularly on CBC Radio. One of his most popular roles was that of Dante, the insufferably brilliant (and insufferably arrogant) computer that ran the Aleph-9: the high-speed interdimensional spacecraft belonging to Johnny Chase: Secret Agent of Space. Wiggins' also made numerous guest appearances on such CBC Radio programs as CBC Playhouse, Nightfall, Vanishing Point and dozens of others.
Wiggins also lent his voice to many animated TV series and movies. He was the voice of The Mighty Thor on the 1966 The Marvel Super Heroes series, the voice of Will Scarlet on Rocket Robin Hood, the Great Wishing Star in 1986's Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, and the Care Bears' head villain, No Heart, on the Nelvana version of their TV show. He also voiced the character Dimetro in the '80s cartoon Dinosaucers. His other roles in animated series and films included ALF Tales, Star Wars: Droids, Rock & Rule, Star Wars: Ewoks, Babar, Rupert, Richard Scarry, Franklin and Redwall. Most recently, Wiggins appeared in the 2005 Showtime original picture, Our Fathers.
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Diana Barrington is a British actress. She studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was married to Canadian actor Ken Pogue until his death in 2015. Barrington worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1957, and was part of the York repertory company from 1961-1962. In 1962 she appeared in Alastair Dennett's play Fit to Print, as part of the Peter Haddon Company then resident at the Wimbledon Theatre. In 1963 Barrington was part of the Alexandra Repertory Company at The Alexandra, Birmingham; she appeared in plays including Fish Out of Water by Derek Benfield, Noël Coward's Hay Fever, Jean Anouilh's Becket and W. Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife. In 1964 she appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in Edgar Wallace's On The Spot. Later in the year she appeared in Elmer Blaney Harris's Johnny Belinda at the Theatre Royal, Bath. In 1965 she was in GC Brown's A Summer Game, with the Repertory Players at the Savoy Theatre. In 1971 Barrington played Hippolyta / Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1978, Barrington appeared as Mary, Queen of Scots in Schiller's Mary Stuart. In the same year, she played Fanny Wilton in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman. In 1981, Barrington played two roles in the Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon. In 1982 she was in The Elephant Man at Theatre Calgary in Alberta, Canada. In 1989, Jay Scott raved about her performance in The Top of His Head. Some time before 1996, Barrington notified Equity that she was taking a break from acting, and as of 2005 she had not returned to the profession.
Robert Holmes "R. H." Thomson, CM (born September 24, 1947) is a Canadian television, film and stage actor.
Thomson was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto, and the National Theatre School. His own play The Lost Boys was staged at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in March 2000 and at Canadian Stage in February 2002. Thomson has also hosted programming for CBC Radio and CBC Television. In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.
Thomson has portrayed a number of historical figures including Charlie Grant, Samuel Lount, Edsel Ford, Dr. Frederick Banting, Duncan Campbell Scott, Mitchell Sharp, and James Cross.
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Carl Marotte Has Been Active In Film & Television For A While, He Started In Canadian Productions, Then Tried Out In Plays, He Was In A Production With Keanu Reeves. Since 2015 He Has Taken A Hiatus In Film & Television Acting.
Jonathan Welsh was born on April 3, 1947 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for E.N.G. (1989), Goosebumps (1995) and Agency (1980). He was married to Heather. He died on January 27, 2005 in Belleville, Ontario.
Tom Berry is a Canadian film producer. After graduating from Concordia University's cinema department, Berry formed Allegro Films in 1984. Allegro became one of the largest Canadian producers of feature films. Berry served as president of Allegro from 1984–1997. Allegro Films' primary activity was feature film production but, under Berry, Allegro was also active as a film distributor through theatrical releasing and television sales, and as an electronic post-production facility. Allegro was merged with a publicly traded company, Coscient Group, now part of Quebecor.
In 2001, Tom Berry founded Montreal based Premiere Bobine which is active in the production, development, finance, and distribution of feature length films for television, video, and theatrical release. In addition to his producing activities, Berry is a past Chairman of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association, and has been active in industry affairs and associations. Berry received The Jack Chisholm Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence for lifetime achievement in the film and television industry.
Ross Petty (born August 29, 1946) is a Canadian actor and theatre producer. He is best known for his eponymous production company which have been producing “fractured fairy tale musicals” at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre.
George Touliatos founded the Front St. Theatre in Memphis, TN in 1958. Among the actors who appeared there are George Hearn, Macon McCalman, Carrie Nye, Barbara Cason, Dixie Carter, Rita Gam and Dana Ivey. A pioneer in the regional theatre movement, Front St. Theatre produced a wide variety of dramas, comedies and musicals. IMDb Mini Biography By: tearose
