
An NBC miniseries adapted from Ken Follett’s novel, starring Burt Lancaster, Richard Crenna and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. During the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the Shah is overthrown and two Electronic Data Systems executives are falsely imprisoned. Company founder Ross Perot travels to Tehran to negotiate their release and hires retired Special Forces colonel Arthur Simons to plan a rescue.
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Burt Lancaster
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons

Paul Le Mat
Jay Coburn

Robert Wightman
Keane Taylor

Richard Crenna
H. Ross Perot

Esai Morales
Rashid

Constance Towers
Margot Perot

Karen Carlson
Ruth Chiapparone

Lawrence Pressman
Bill Gayden

Alan Fudge
Merv Stauffer

Louis Giambalvo
Paul Chiapparone

Cyril O'Reilly
Pat Scully

Parviz Sayyad
Dadgar

Jim Metzler
Bill Gaylord

John Doolittle
Glen Jackson

Martin Doyle
Jim Schwebach

Diane Salinger
Emily Gaylord

James Sutorius
Joe Poche

Kabir Bedi
Mohammad

Mary Apick
Mrs. Nourbash

Richard Anthony Crenna
Ross Perot Jr. (as Richard Crenna Jr.)

Bob Delegall
Ron Davis

William Bumiller
Rich Gallagher (as Bill Bumiller)

Zevi Wolmark
Ted Maxwell

José Luis García Mainou
(uncredited)
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