Escape: Human Cargo
| Escape: Human Cargo | |
|---|---|
 Home video cover art | |
| Genre | Action Drama |
| Based on | "Flight from Dhahran" by John McDonald |
| Screenplay by | William Mickelberry Dan Vining |
| Directed by | Simon Wincer |
| Starring | Treat Williams Stephen Lang Sasson Gabai |
| Music by | Eric Colvin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Robert Rehme Mace Neufeld |
| Producers | Nick Grillo Anne E. Curry David Franco |
| Cinematography | David Burr |
| Editor | Terry Blythe |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Production company | Neufeld Rehme Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime |
| Release | March 22, 1998 |
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 ... John McDonald
- Stephen Lang ... Dennis McNatt
- Sasson Gabai ... Suliman Nasir Rasi
- Ze'ev Revach ... Sheik Abdulla Fazza
- Rinan Haim ... Silent Sam
- Uri Gavriel ... 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. with Clyde W. Burleson. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0133224535.
- ^ "Escape: Human Cargo (1998)".