The Arrow

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The Arrow

"The right stuff. The wrong time."

1997

3h 0m

7.0(14 votes)

Drama

TV 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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10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Don McBrearty
Written by: Keith Ross Leckie

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