Release Date
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Original Release
December 26, 1976
2h 25m
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
⭐ 6.0145 min
Overview
Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane landed in Uganda. The terrorists released some passengers, keeping 94 Jews and 12 air crew hostage. The Israeli government would not negotiate. A rescue plan was devised, and less than 100 commandos were flown across Africa to rescue the passengers in surprisingly successful operation.
Director
Irvin Kershner
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 1.1
Cast
Charles Bronson
Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
⭐2.0
Peter Finch
Yitzhak Rabin
⭐4.9
Yaphet Kotto
President Idi Amin - Jr.
⭐0.8
Martin Balsam
Daniel Cooper
⭐3.4
Horst Buchholz
Wilfred Boese
⭐0.8
John Saxon
Maj. Gen. Benny Peled
⭐1.1
Jack Warden
Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur
⭐2.0
Sylvia Sidney
Dora Bloch
⭐0.6
Robert Loggia
Yigal Allon
⭐1.6
James Woods
Capt. Sammy Berg
⭐1.9
Genres
DramaThrillerTV MovieHistory
Production Companies
Edgar J. Scherick Associates
20th Century Fox Television
NBC
