Our Man in Tehran
Chronicles the true story behind Argo’s Hollywood embellishments by looking at the efforts of the venerable Ken Taylor, Canada’s former ambassador to Iran, who personally sheltered six American diplomats in the operation that became known as “the Canadian Caper.”
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Drew Taylor, Larry Weinstein
Actors: Assadollah Alam, Bob Anders, Carole Jerome, Empress Farah, Jimmy Carter, Joe Clark, Massoumeh Ebtekar, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Sadegh Khalkhali, Walter Cronkite, William Daugherty
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