The true story of a daring prison break. Wycliffe Kato, Director of Civil Aviation in Idi Amin's Uganda was at the airport to catch a flight to Canada for a conference when he was arrested by Amin's secret police, members of the notorious State Research Bureau, and thrown into the Nakasero prison. This should have meant certain death, but, along with his cell mates, army officers who had come under suspicion of organizing a coup, he escaped and made it on foot to Nairobi. This TV movie is based on Wycliffe Kato's own account in his book "Escape From Idi Amin's Slaughterhouse".
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21 people
John Matshikiza
Wycliffe Kato
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Rudolph Walker
Kimumwe
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Oke Wambu
Kasujja
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John Adewole
Okech
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Leo Wringer
Nambale
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Eddie Nestor
Sendawula
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Casualty
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Thomas Baptiste
Minawa
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The Ipcress File
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Hepburn Graham
Chief SRB Man
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Valentine Nonyela
SRB Man
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Casino Royale
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Tunde Babs
SRB Man
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The Play on One
Christian Dixon
SRB Man
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Stephen K. Amos
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Roy Battersby Director · Wycliffe Kato Author
First release August 8, 1991
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Original language
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 8, 1991
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No release date listed for United States.
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