Using new archival sources and unprecedented access, master documentarian Barbara Kopple reveals the story behind one of the most daring rescues in modern US history: a secret mission to free hostages of the 1979 Iranian revolution.
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Barbara Kopple
Director
Jimmy Carter
Self
JQ
James Q. Roberts
Self
MM
Mike Metrinko
Self
MT
Mohammad Tabasi
Self
LB
Lewis Burruss
Self
BB
Bucky Buchanan
Self
GR
Gerald Rafshoon
Self
FM
Faizeh Moslehi
Self
KH
Kevin Hermening
Self
JP
John Pustay
Self
SE
Stuart Eizenstat
Self
WG
William G. Boykin
Self
ES
Ed Seiffert
Self
John Limbert
Self
Walter Mondale
Self
KB
Kenneth Bancroft
Self
JS
John Sigman
Self
CS
Cynthia Seiffert
Self
FB
Francisco Bello
Writer
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