Film

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Risk, resilience, and rescue amidst revolution.

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

Top cast

Gordon Pinsent

Ambassador Ken Taylor

Chris Wiggins

John Sheardon

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

Leslie Carlson

L. Bruce Laingen

Robert Lalonde

Jean Pelletier

R.H. Thomson

Lee Schatz

Carl Marotte

Marine Sgt. Lopez

Jason Dean

Sgt. Gauthier

Jonathan Welsh

Michael Howland

J.P. Linton

Victor Tomseth

Barbara Gordon

Kathryn 'Katie' Koob

Tom Berry

Kim King

Lamont Johnson

Lionel Chetwynd

Les Harris, Rob Iveson