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  • American Experience Taken Hostage: Part One (Season 34, Episode 5)
  • TV Episode | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Taken Hostage: Part One (Season 34, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, through stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.
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Nov 14, 2022 (United States)

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36 cast members
Name Known for
Gary Sick
Self - National Security Council Staff Self - National Security Council Staff   See fewer
Barry Rosen
Self - Press Attaché, U.S. Embassy Self - Press Attaché, U.S. Embassy   See fewer
Barbara Rosen
Self - Wife of American Hostage Self - Wife of American Hostage   See fewer
Stephen Kinzer
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Hilary Brown
Self - Foreign Correspondent Self - Foreign Correspondent   See fewer
Carole Jerome
Self - Foreign Correspondent Self - Foreign Correspondent   See fewer
James Q. Roberts
Self - Colonel, U.S. Army Retired Self - Colonel, U.S. Army Retired   See fewer
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Self - Secular Iranian Revolutionary (archive footage) Self - Secular Iranian Revolutionary (archive footage)   See fewer
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Self - National Security Advisor (archive footage) Self - National Security Advisor (archive footage)   See fewer
Jimmy Carter
Self - 39th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 39th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
John Chancellor
Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)   See fewer
Sam Donaldson
Self - ABC News Journalist (archive footage) Self - ABC News Journalist (archive footage)   See fewer
Allen Dulles
Self - CIA Director (archive footage) Self - CIA Director (archive footage)   See fewer
John Foster Dulles
Self - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - 34th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 34th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Nasrollah Entezam
Self - Iran Ambassador to United Nations (archive footage) Self - Iran Ambassador to United Nations (archive footage)   See fewer
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Self - Aide to Ayatollah Khomeini (archive footage) Self - Aide to Ayatollah Khomeini (archive footage)   See fewer
Henry F. Grady
Self - U.S. Ambassador to Iran (archive footage) (as Henry Grady) Self - U.S. Ambassador to Iran (archive footage) (as Henry Grady)   See fewer
Sadegh Khalkhali
Self - Chief Justice, Islamic Revolutionary Court (archive footage) (as Ayatollah Khalkhali) Self - Chief Justice, Islamic Revolutionary Court (archive footage) (as Ayatollah Khalkhali)   See fewer
Ayatollah Khomeini
Self - Religious Leader of Iran (archive footage) Self - Religious Leader of Iran (archive footage)   See fewer
Henry Kissinger
Self - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Ted Koppel
Self - Host, Nightline (archive footage) Self - Host, Nightline (archive footage)   See fewer
Mohammed Mossadegh
Self - Prime Minister of Iran (archive footage) (as Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh) Self - Prime Minister of Iran (archive footage) (as Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh)   See fewer
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Farah Pahlavi
Self - Queen and Empress of Iran (archive footage) Self - Queen and Empress of Iran (archive footage)   See fewer
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Self - Shah of Iran (archive footage) Self - Shah of Iran (archive footage)   See fewer
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Self - Shah of Iran (archive footage) Self - Shah of Iran (archive footage)   See fewer
Frank Reynolds
Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage) Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)   See fewer
Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
Self - CIA Agent (archive footage) Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)   See fewer
Anwar Sadat
Self - President of Egypt (archive footage) Self - President of Egypt (archive footage)   See fewer
William Sullivan
Self - U.S. Ambassador to Iran (archive footage) Self - U.S. Ambassador to Iran (archive footage)   See fewer
Harry S. Truman
Self - 33rd President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 33rd President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Mike Wallace
Self - 60 Minutes Correspondent (archive footage) Self - 60 Minutes Correspondent (archive footage)   See fewer
Barbara Walters
Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage) Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage)   See fewer
John Wilmot
Self - British MP (archive footage) (as Lord John Wilmot) Self - British MP (archive footage) (as Lord John Wilmot)   See fewer
Ebrahim Yazdi
Self - Secular Iranian Revolutionary (archive footage) Self - Secular Iranian Revolutionary (archive footage)   See fewer
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