6 Days

In the face of terror, a nation will show its strength

London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authorities decide whether a military squad should intervene.

Jamie Bell

(LCpl. Rusty Firmin)

Abbie Cornish

(Kate Adie)

Mark Strong

(Max Vernon)

Martin Shaw

(John Dellow)

Emun Elliott

(Roy)

Ben Turner

(Salim)

Aymen Hamdouchi

(Faisal)

Tim Pigott-Smith

(Home Secretary William Whitelaw)

Robert Portal

(Lt. Col. Mike Rose)

Colin Garlick

(LCpl. John Mac)

Andrew Grainger

(Ray)

Martin Hancock

(BBC Cameraman Bill)

Colin Moy

(Maj. Hector Gullan)

Toby Leach

(PC Trevor Lock)

Xavier Horan

(SAS Soldier Tom Morrell)

Te Kohe Tuhaka

(Tak)

William Chubb

(MI5 Spokesman)

Ronan Vibert

(MI6 Spokesman)

John Henshaw

(Metropolitan Police Spokesman)

Tim Downie

(Jimmy)

Sam Snedden

(Sim Harris)

Mia Blake

(Betty, Max's Wife)

Matthew Sunderland

(Tom Lovett)

Emma Campbell-Jones

(Whitelaw's Aide)

Jared Turner

(Sgt. Tommy Palmer)

Calum Gittins

(Tommo)

Ryan O'Kane

(Snapper)

Fayssal Bazzi

(Makki)

Kenneth Collard

(Clive)

Nicholas Boulton

(Chris Cramer)

Scarlett Featherstone

(Max's Daughter #1)

Venice Harris

(Max's Daughter #2)

Marjan Gorgani

(Lead Interpretor)

Jeff Szusterman

(Intelligence Translator)

Phil Peleton

(Intelligence Officer)

Kip Chapman

(Trevor)

Ajayshri

(Caretaker)

Scott Michael Wagstaff

(PC Walker)

Brady Powell

(Irish Policeman)

Jay Sutherland

(Policeman #1)

Joel Beckett

(Policeman #2)

Alan B. McElroy

(Policeman #3)

Dominic Hughes

(Paramedic)

David Rumney

(Signaller)

Eric Colvin

(OB Technician)

Sara Stone

(Zahra Zomorrodian)

Margaret Thatcher

(Herself (archive footage) (uncredited))

Simon Elrahi

(Imam (uncredited))

Glen Levy

(Jerry (uncredited))

Ghazaleh Golbakhsh

(Nooshin (uncredited))

Andrew Lawrence

(SAS Van Driver (uncredited))

John Ramm

(Tony Crabb (uncredited))

Taylor Murphy

(SAS Soldier (uncredited))

Michael Denkha

(Mustapha Karkouti)

Robert Hartley

(Army Technician)