Movie
6 Days
Overview
London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authorities decide whether a military squad should intervene.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-07-09
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- XYZ Films, New Zealand Film Commission, Ingenious Media, GFC Films, Lipsync Productions, Fightertown, Imagezone, Dog with a Dog Productions
- Country
- New Zealand, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jamie Bell as LCpl. Rusty Firmin
- Mark Strong as Max Vernon
- Abbie Cornish as Kate Adie
- Martin Shaw as John Dellow
- Tim Pigott-Smith as William Whitelaw
- Ben Turner as Salim
- Emun Elliott as Roy
- Aymen Hamdouchi as Faisal
- Andrew Grainger as Ray
- Colin Moy as Maj. Hector Gullan
- Colin Garlick as LCpl. John Mac
- Toby Leach as PC Trevor Lock
Crew
- Toa Fraser - Director
- Glenn Standring - Screenplay
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