The Arrow

Jan 12, 1997

3h 0m

★ 6.7

The right stuff. The wrong time.

Overview

The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

The Film Works

The Arrow Trailers

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Cast

Crawford Gordon Jr.

Dan Aykroyd

Kate O'Hara

Sara Botsford

Jim Chamberlin

Aidan Devine

James (Jim) Floyd

Nigel Bennett

Fred Smye

Jonathan Whittaker

Edward Critchley

Ian D. Clark

Joe Paloffski

David Lawrence Brown

Ruby Paloffski

Catherine Fitch

C.D. Howe

Robin Gammell

John George Diefenbaker

Robert Haley

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Michael Moriarty

CIA Director

Michael Ironside

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