Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

1981 PG 1h 37m 6.7

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

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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Info about Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Studio(s): Canamedia Productions, CTV

Originally Released: May 17, 1981

Production Country: Canada

Genres: Drama, History, Thriller