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American Experience - Season 34 Episode 05: Taken Hostage - Part 1
Description
American Embassy Tehran, November 4, 1979. American diplomats, Marines and civilians were taken hostage for 444 days. The crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy.
American Embassy Tehran, November 4, 1979. American diplomats, Marines and civilians were taken hostage for 444 days. The crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy.
Actors:
David McCullough,
David Ogden Stiers,
Michael Murphy,
Oliver Platt,
Joe Morton,
Linda Hunt,
Campbell Scott,
Liev Schreiber,
Will Lyman,
Philip Bosco,
Blair Brown,
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David McCullough
7 July 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

David Ogden Stiers
31 October 1942, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Michael Murphy
5 May 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA

Oliver Platt
12 January 1960, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Joe Morton
18 October 1947, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Linda Hunt
2 April 1945, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Campbell Scott
19 July 1961, New York City, New York, USA

Liev Schreiber
4 October 1967, San Francisco, California, USA

Will Lyman
20 May 1948, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Philip Bosco
26 September 1930, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Blair Brown
23 April 1946, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Genre:
Biography, Documentary, History
Director:
David Grubin, Stephen Ives, Rob Rapley, Anna Lee Strachan
Country:
United States
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