| Genre | Action Drama |
|---|---|
| Director | Simon Wincer |
| Executive producer | Robert Rehme Mace Neufeld |
| Producer | Nick Grillo Anne E. Curry David Franco |
| Screenplay | William Mickelberry Dan Vining |
| Starring | Treat Williams Stephen Lang Sasson Gabai |
| Music | Eric Colvin |
| Cinematography | David Burr |
| Editor | Terry Blythe |
| Company | Neufeld Rehme Productions |
| Network | Showtime |
| Released | March 22, 1998 |
| Runtime | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Escape: Human Cargo is a 1998 American action television film, directed by Simon Wincer. The film was based upon the autobiography Flight from Dhahran by John McDonald[1][2] In 1999, the film was nominated at the Motion Picture Sound Editors for the Golden Reel Award in the Best Sound Editing - Television movies category. It lost to A Soldier's Sweetheart.[3]
Plot
John McDonald, an American prefabricated housing entrepreneur, is working on a business deal in Saudi Arabia. The business deal goes awry and he's soon arrested by his business partner and made a virtual hostage within the Kingdom and does not receive any help from the U.S. Embassy as they have a noninterference policy with the Saudi government. Fearing for the worst, McDonald crafts a plot to smuggle himself out in a wooden cargo box.
Cast
- Treat Williams as John McDonald
- Stephen Lang as Dennis McNatt
- Sasson Gabai as Suliman Nasir Rasi
- Ze'ev Revach as Sheik Abdulla Fazza
- Rinan Haim as Sam "Silent Sam"
- Uri Gavriel as Khalid
References
- ^ Craddock, Jim & Connors, Martin (eds.) (August 1999). Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2000. Visible Ink Press. p. 302. ISBN 9781578590421. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
- ^ McDonald, John (1981). Flight from Dhahran: The True Experiences of an American Businessman Held Hostage in Saudi Arabia. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0133224535.
- ^ "Escape: Human Cargo (1998)"
External links
- Escape: Human Cargo at IMDb