| Release Date: | Jan 1997 |
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| Genres: | Drama / History |
| Awards: | 9 wins & 7 nominations |
| Cast: | Dan Aykroyd (Crawford Gordon), Sara Botsford (Kate O'Hara), Ron White (Jack Woodman), Aidan Devine (Jim Chamberlin), Nigel Bennett (James (Jim) Floyd), Jonathan Whittaker (Fred Smye), Ian D. Clark (Edward Critchley), David Brown (Joe Paloffski (as Dave Brown)), Catherine Fitch (Ruby Paloffski), Robin Gammell (C.D. Howe), Robert Haley (John George Diefenbaker), Michael Moriarty (President Dwight D. Eisenhower), Michael Ironside (CIA Director), Christopher Plummer (George Hees), Mauralea Austin (June Callwood), Colette Stevenson (Claire Connors), Art Hindle (Col. Fairchild), Lynne Cormack (Mary Gordon), Vernon Chapman (George Peakes), Lubomir Mykytiuk (Jan Zurakowski), Frank Adamson (Air Marshal Wilf Curtis), John Nelles (John Pallet (as John E. Nelles)), Niklas Konowal (George O'Hara), Chris Sigurdson (Engineer #1), John Bekavac (Engineer #2), Walter High (Gordon's Limo Driver), Wilfrid Bray (Technician #2), Lora Schroeder (Gloria Collinson), Robert G. Slade (Electronic Engineer 1 (as Robert Slade)), John Bluethner (Engineer #3), Dan Weber (Technical Director), Ker Wells (Army Lieutenant), Glen Thompson (Pilot), Kim McCaw (Union Rep), Keith James (Headhunter #1), Wayne Nicklas (Headhunter #2), David Gillies (Technician #1), Robert Huculak (Worker #1), Gene Pyrz (Worker #2), Jeff Madden (Press #1), James Durham (C.O. American), Nancy Drake (Mrs. Sparkhall), Lee J. Campbell (TV Reporter), Richard Blackburn (U.S. Goverment Official), Richard Hurst (TV News Announcer), Blake Taylor (Prof. Sedgefield), Darach McDonnell (Radar Operator), Conrad Sweatman (Crawford Gordon III), John Diefenbaker (Himself in newsreel (archive footage)...), Brad Leiman (Bartender (uncredited)) |
This series tells the story of the world's fastest fighter plane ever built, in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.
