Raid on Entebbe (1977)
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Raid on Entebbe constitutes one of two all-star made-for-TV reenactments of the Entebbe rescue of July 4, 1976. On June 27, 1976, a jet carrying an international mix of passengers is hijacked by pro-Palestinian revolutionaries. The plane lands in Entebbe, Uganda, where President-for-life Idi Amin… More Raid on Entebbe constitutes one of two all-star made-for-TV reenactments of the Entebbe rescue of July 4, 1976. On June 27, 1976, a jet carrying an international mix of passengers is hijacked by pro-Palestinian revolutionaries. The plane lands in Entebbe, Uganda, where President-for-life Idi Amin (Yaphet Kotto) struts about feigning concern, though his sympathy toward the hijackers is obvious. Many of the passengers are released, but 103 Israelis are kept in custody, and it becomes apparent that the revolutionaries plan to use these unfortunates as a bargaining chip for the release of imprisoned terrorists throughout the world. With virtually no other option, the Israeli government gives the go-ahead for Operation Thunderbolt, a commando raid on the Entebbe airport. The cast includes Charles Bronson as General Shomron, Jack Warden as Mordecai Gur, Sylvia Sidney as ill-fated passenger Dora Bloch, and, as Prime Minister Rabin, Peter Finch, whose performance (his last) won him an Emmy nomination. Raid on Entebbe first aired on January 9, 1977. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Irvin Kershner
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Television, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 9, 1977 Wide
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Cast
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Peter Finch
as Yitzhak Rabin
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Charles Bronson
as Brigadier General Dan Shomron
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Horst Buchholz
as Wilfred Boese
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Martin Balsam
as Daniel Cooper
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John Saxon
as Gen. Benny Peled
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Jack Warden
as Gen. Mordechai Gur
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Tige Andrews
as Shimon Peres
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Eddie Constantine
as Capt. Michel Bacos
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Yaphet Kotto
as Idi Amin
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Robert Loggia
as Yigal Allon
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Stephen Macht
as Lt Col. "Yonni" Netanyahu
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David Opatoshu
as Menachem Begin
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Sylvia Sidney
as Dora Bloch
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James Woods
as Capt. Sammy Berg
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Allan Arbus
as Eli Meinick
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René Assa
as Terrorist #38
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Anna Berger
as Mrs. Berg
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Peter Brocco
as Mr. Scharf
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Stanley Brock
as Israel Gallill
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Alex Colon
as Terrorist #15
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Mariclare Costello
as Gabrielle Krieger
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Larry Gelman
as Mr. Berg
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Lou Gilbert
as Chaim Bar-Lev
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Hanna Hertelendy
as Mrs. Gordon
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Aharon Ipalé
as Maj. David Grut
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Barbara Allyne Bennet
as Relative #1
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Warren Kemmerling
as Gad Yaakobi
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Harvey Lembeck
as Mr. Harvey
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Dinah Manoff
as Rachel Sager
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George Petrie
as Chaim Zadok
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Louis Quinn
as Delegation member
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Kim Richards
as Alice
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Tom Rosqui
as Amos Eran
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Billy Sands
as Mr. Goldbaum
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Pearl Shear
as Mrs. Loeb
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Millie Slavin
as Mrs. Sager
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Steve Shaw
as Jonathan Sager
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Martin Speer
as Delegation member
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Dov Gottesfeld
as Meteorologist
