The Arrow 27 years old

The right stuff. The wrong time.

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.

Credits

The Arrow Cast

Name Character
Dan Aykroyd He was 44, now 71 years old as Crawford Gordon
Nigel Bennett He was 47, now 74 years old as James (Jim) Floyd
Michael Ironside He was 46, now 74 years old as CIA Director
Christopher Plummer He was 67, now 94 years old as George Hees
Sara Botsford She was 45, now 72 years old as Kate O'Hara
Niklas Konowal as George O'Hara
Art Hindle He was 48, now 75 years old as Col. Fairchild
Frank Adamson as Air Marshal Wilf Curtis
Chris Sigurdson as Engineer #1
Lora Schroeder as Gloria Collinson
Colette Stevenson as Claire Connors
Robin Gammell He was 60, now 87 years old as C. D. Howe
John Bekavac as Engineer #2
Robert Haley He was 54, now 81 years old as John George Diefenbaker
Lynne Cormack as Mary Gordon
Catherine Fitch as Rudy Paloffski
Walter High as Gordon's Limo Driver
Michael Moriarty He was 55, now 82 years old as President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Aidan Devine He was 2, now 24 years old as Jim Chamberlin
John Nelles as John Pallet
Vernon Chapman He was 75, 84 years old when he died as George Peakes
Mauralea Austin as June Callwood
Ian D. Clark He was 50, now 77 years old as Edward Critchley
Lubomir Mykytiuk as Jan Zurakowski
Wilfrid Bray as Technician #2
Jonathan Whittaker as Fred Smye
David Brown He was 80, 93 years old when he died as Joe Paloffski

The Arrow Crew

Name Department
Rene O'Hashi as Cinematography. Crew
Andrew Deskin as Art Direction. Art
Ralph Brunjes as Editor. Editing
Don McBrearty as Director. Directing
Keith Ross Leckie as Writer. Writing
Christopher Dedrick as Music. He was 49 (62) years old when He died Sound
The Arrow poster
The Arrow (27 years)

The right stuff. The wrong time.

  • Release day: Sunday, January 12, 1997
  • Runtime: 180 minutes
  • Budget: 7800000.00