Argo Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

IMDb

Released Date

October 12, 2012

Distributor

Warner Bros.

Genre

Drama

Rating

Budget

$44,500,000

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$136,025,503 + $96,300,000 = $232,325,503

Cast

Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Kyle Chandler, Clea Duvall, Richard Kind, Alan Arkin, Chris Messina, Titus Welliver, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Bob Gunton, Kerry Bishe, Omid Abtahi, Zeljko Ivanek

Ben Affleck

as Tony Mendez

Bryan Cranston

as Jack O'Donnell

John Goodman

as John Chambers

Victor Garber

as Ken Taylor

Tate Donovan

as Robert Anders

Kyle Chandler

as Hamilton Jordan

Clea Duvall

as Cora Lijek

Richard Kind

as Max Klein

Alan Arkin

as Lester Siegel

Chris Messina

as Malinov

Titus Welliver

as Jon Bates

Scoot McNairy

as Joe Stafford

Rory Cochrane

as Lee Schatz

Bob Gunton

as Cyrus Vance

Kerry Bishe

as Kathy Stafford

Omid Abtahi

as Reza

Zeljko Ivanek

as Robert Pender

About Argo

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.

About

Extractor Tony Mendez heads to Iran in 1979 with a full crew pretending to be on a location scout for a film. Instead, they're trying to rescue six kidnapped Americans before they are executed.

Trivia

The film won Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the Academy Awards. Ben Affleck won Best Director at the Golden Globes.