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Status
Released
Release
1991
Runtime
4h
"It was a time when terror took control and the beating heart of a nation was help captive."
Follows the events of Iran hostage crisis of 1979 and people who were held as hostages in the US embassy in Tehran, Iran for over 400 days.
40 Cast Members
Arliss Howard
John Limbert
Jeff Fahey
Hamilton Jordan
Alice Krige
Parveneh Limbert
Tony Goldwyn
Jody Powell
Jeff Gurner
Marine Sergeant
Daniel Gélin
Shah
George Grizzard
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Guttman
Hossein
Keith Edwards
Bill Belk
Ving Rhames
Charles Jones
Debra Stipe
Debra Scott
Graydon Gould
Col. Tom Schaeffer
Marianne Borgo
Empress Farah
Didier Flamand
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Valérie Kaprisky
Zaleh
Garfield Andrews
Reporter
Yossi Ashdot
Hamid
Avraham Bar Oryan
Mullah
Pixie Bigelow
President's Secretary
Jonathon Breakstone
Marine Corporal
