The Arrow (1997)
January 12, 1997Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Dan Aykroyd
Crawford Gordon Jr.
Sara Botsford
Kate O'Hara
Aidan Devine
Jim Chamberlin
Nigel Bennett
James (Jim) Floyd
Jonathan Whittaker
Fred Smye
Ian D. Clark
Edward Critchley
David Lawrence Brown
Joe Paloffski
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
Niklas Konowal
George O'Hara
Chris Sigurdson
Engineer #1
John Bekavac
Engineer #2
Details.
Release DateJanuary 12, 1997
StatusReleased
Running Time3h
Budget$7,800,000
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This Movie Is About.
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The Arrow is a four-hour television miniseries produced for CBC Television in 1997, starring Dan Aykroyd as Crawford Gordon, experienced wartime production leader after World War II and president of Avro Canada during its attempt to produce the Avro Arrow supersonic jet interceptor aircraft. The film also stars Michael Ironside and Sara Botsford. The mini-series is noted as having the highest viewership ever for a CBC program.
Other significant individuals in the program, portrayed in the series, include RCAF pilot Flight Lieutenant Jack Woodman (Ron White) who conducted test flights on Avro aircraft but was supplanted by Janusz Żurakowski (Lubomir Mykytiuk) for the first few flights; Jim Chamberlin (Aidan Devine) and James C. Floyd (Nigel Bennett) in the design team; Edward Critchley (Ian D. Clark) who would be asked to develop an engine for the Arrow when other models became unavailable.