Spy Wars Escape From Tehran (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary

Spy Wars

Escape From Tehran (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary

In November 1979, 53 American employees of the U.S. Embassy in Iran were taken hostage by Islamic revolutionaries. Six diplomats managed to escape, but getting out of the country seemed impossible. Enter CIA officer Tony Mendez, who used ...See moreIn November 1979, 53 American employees of the U.S. Embassy in Iran were taken hostage by Islamic revolutionaries. Six diplomats managed to escape, but getting out of the country seemed impossible. Enter CIA officer Tony Mendez, who used inspiration from Hollywood to school six frightened diplomats in the art of assuming false identities and pulled off a bold rescue mission during one of the darkest moments in American foreign policy history. See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Damian Lewis Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Band of Brothers (2001)
Celine Arden Cora Amburn-Lijek (as a different name) Cora Amburn-Lijek (as a different name) See fewer	Bridgerton (2020)
Mark Lijek Self - Consular Officer US Embassy 1979-80 Self - Consular Officer US Embassy 1979-80 See fewer	Escape from Iran: The Inside Story (1981)
Matt Baglio Self - Co-Author, Argo Self - Co-Author, Argo See fewer	The Rite (2011)
Jesús Gallo Tony Mendez Tony Mendez See fewer	Money Heist (2017)
Cora Amburn-Lijek Self - Consular Assistant US Embassy 1979-80 Self - Consular Assistant US Embassy 1979-80 See fewer	Escape from Iran: The Inside Story (1981)
Ibrahim Majid Revolutionary Guard Revolutionary Guard See fewer	3 Young Millionaires (2015)
Jacob Shephard Bill Daugherty Bill Daugherty See fewer	Second Summer of Love (2016)
Zena Sheardown Self Self See fewer	Escape from Iran: The Inside Story (1981)
William Daugherty Self - CIA Officer, Tehran Station Self - CIA Officer, Tehran Station See fewer	Red Carpet Diary (2005)
Roger Lucy Self - First Secretary of the Canadian Embassy, Tehran Self - First Secretary of the Canadian Embassy, Tehran See fewer	Escape from Iran: The Inside Story (1981)