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Escape: Human Cargo

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Escape: Human Cargo
Home video cover art
GenreAction
Drama
Based on
"Flight from Dhahran"
by John McDonald
Screenplay byWilliam Mickelberry
Dan Vining
Directed bySimon Wincer
StarringTreat Williams
Stephen Lang
Sasson Gabai
Music byEric Colvin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersRobert Rehme
Mace Neufeld
ProducersNick Grillo
Anne E. Curry
David Franco
CinematographyDavid Burr
EditorTerry Blythe
Running time107 minutes
Production companyNeufeld Rehme Productions
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseMarch 22, 1998 (1998-03-22)

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

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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

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References

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  1. ↑ Craddock, Jim; Connors, Martin, eds. (August 1999). Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2000. Visible Ink Press. p. 302. ISBN 9781578590421. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
  2. ↑ McDonald, John (1981). Flight from Dhahran: The True Experiences of an American Businessman Held Hostage in Saudi Arabia. with Clyde W. Burleson. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0133224535.
  3. ↑ "Escape: Human Cargo (1998)".
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