The movie was fake. The mission was real.
Argo is a 2012 American historical political espionage drama thriller film directed by, produced by, and starring Ben Affleck. The screenplay, written by Chris Terrio, was adapted from the 1999 memoir The Master of Disguise by U.S. C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez and the 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to...
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Ben Affleck
Bryan Cranston
Alan Arkin
John Goodman
Victor Garber
Michael Cassidy (actor)
Clea DuVall
Rory Cochrane
Tate Donovan
Kerry Bishé
Kyle Chandler
Bob Gunton
Philip Baker Hall
Chris Messina
Adrienne Barbeau
Tom Lenk
Titus Welliver
Richard Kind
Michael Parks
Željko Ivanek
Keith Szarabajka
Scoot McNairy
Barry Livingston
Matt Doherty (actor)
Richard Dillane
Taylor Schilling
Christopher Stanley
Sheila Vand
Jimmy Carter
Cas Anvar
Fouad Hajji
Jamie McShane
Christopher Denham
Matt Nolan
Omid Abtahi