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The Arrow

The Arrow

The right stuff. The wrong time.

Genres

DramaTV Movie

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.

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Budget

$7800000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

180 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

12 January 1997

Country

Canada

Cast

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Crawford Gordon Jr.

Sara Botsford

Sara Botsford

Kate O'Hara

Aidan Devine

Aidan Devine

Jim Chamberlin

Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

James (Jim) Floyd

Jonathan Whittaker

Jonathan Whittaker

Fred Smye

Ian D. Clark

Ian D. Clark

Edward Critchley

David Lawrence Brown

David Lawrence Brown

Joe Paloffski

Catherine Fitch

Catherine Fitch

Ruby Paloffski

Robin Gammell

Robin Gammell

C.D. Howe

Robert Haley

Robert Haley

John George Diefenbaker

Michael Moriarty

Michael Moriarty

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside

CIA Director

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

George Hees

Mauralea Austin

Mauralea Austin

June Callwood

Colette Stevenson

Colette Stevenson

Claire Connors

Art Hindle

Art Hindle

Col. Fairchild

Lynne Cormack

Lynne Cormack

Mary Gordon

Vernon Chapman

Vernon Chapman

George Peakes

Lubomir Mykytiuk

Lubomir Mykytiuk

Jan Zurakowski

Frank Adamson

Frank Adamson

Air Marshal Wilf Curtis

John Nelles

John Nelles

John Pallet

Niklas Konowal

Niklas Konowal

George O'Hara

Chris Sigurdson

Chris Sigurdson

Engineer #1

John Bekavac

John Bekavac

Engineer #2

Walter High

Walter High

Gordon's Limo Driver

Wilfrid Bray

Wilfrid Bray

Technician #2

Lora Schroeder

Lora Schroeder

Gloria Collinson

Ron White

Ron White

Jack Woodman

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