The Arrow

1997–1997· 180 min★ 7.5· Drama, Documentary

The story of the people building the AVRO Arrow, an advanced jet fighter-interceptor designed to defend Canada's vast territory during the Cold War. Though the jet was an engineering marvel, cost over-runs, U.S. government pressure from the military industrial complex, and the election of the Progressive Conservative Diefenbaker government, stopped the jet just as it was getting off the ground.

Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Nigel Bennett, Sara Botsford

Director: Don McBrearty