Long Days (1980)

In 1959, underground revolutionaries try to assassinate Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Kassem in Baghdad. News reports claim they have failed, and at first the revolutionaries lay low, but as the secret police continue to comb the neighborhoods with house-to-house searches, they flee to the countryside. Among those fleeing is Saddam Hussein, the future president of the republic.

Released Jan. 2, 1980 150 min None+

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Keywords: imdb.based-on-supposedly-true-story, imdb.murder, imdb.assassination, imdb.iraq, imdb.propaganda, imdb.1960s, imdb.1950s + 7 more, imdb.brigadier, imdb.escape, imdb.gunfight, imdb.coup, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.actor-shares-first-name-with-character, imdb.reference-to-saddam-hussein