Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

– A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats e..

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Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 37 Minutes
Release Year:
1981
Original Name:
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981) - Also known as Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

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

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Release Date:

17 May 1981

Language:

English

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Plot:

This film tells a combination of how Ken Taylor and his Canadian Embassy staff in Teheran during the Iranian hostage crisis hid half a dozen American embassy staffers at great personal risk. It furthermore tells the story, which was revealed much later to the cover story for the joint CIA/Canadian rescue operation, of how Ken Taylor successfully smuggled those Americans out of Iran safely under the noses of the internal security forces.

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Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10

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