Argo

Released Year: 2012

Certificate: A

Runtime: 120 minutes

Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 86

Director: Ben Affleck

Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin

No of Votes: 572581

Gross: 136025503

Overview: 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.

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