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Cast
Ben Affleck (Tony Mendez)Bryan Cranston (Jack O'Donnell)John Goodman (John Chambers)Alan Arkin (Lester Siegel)Victor Garber (Ken Taylor)Tate Donovan (Bob Anders)Clea DuVall (Cora Lijek)Scoot McNairy (Joe Stafford)Rory Cochrane (Lee Schatz)Christopher Denham (Mark Lijek)Kerry Bishé (Kathy Stafford)Kyle Chandler (Hamilton Jordan)Chris Messina (Malinov)Zeljko Ivanek (Robert Pender)Titus Welliver (Bates)Keith Szarabajka (Adam Engell)Bob Gunton (Cyrus Vance)Richard Kind (Max Klein)
Director
Ben Affleck
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Synopsis
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
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