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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 53 min.
Directed By: Irvin Kershner
Genres: Action & Adventure, Television, Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: Jan 9, 1977 Wide
On DVD: Oct 23, 2004

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Cast

            Peter Finch as Yitzhak Rabin

            Charles Bronson as Brigadier General Dan Shomron

            Horst Buchholz as Wilfred Boese

            Martin Balsam as Daniel Cooper

            John Saxon as Gen. Benny Peled

            Jack Warden as Gen. Mordechai Gur

            Tige Andrews as Shimon Peres

            Eddie Constantine as Capt. Michel Bacos

            Yaphet Kotto as Idi Amin

            Robert Loggia as Yigal Allon

            Stephen Macht as Lt Col. "Yonni" Netanyahu

            David Opatoshu as Menachem Begin

            Sylvia Sidney as Dora Bloch

            James Woods as Capt. Sammy Berg

            Allan Arbus as Eli Meinick

            René Assa as Terrorist #38

            Anna Berger as Mrs. Berg

            Peter Brocco as Mr. Scharf

            Stanley Brock as Israel Gallill

            Alex Colon as Terrorist #15

            Mariclare Costello as Gabrielle Krieger

            Larry Gelman as Mr. Berg

            Lou Gilbert as Chaim Bar-Lev

            Hanna Hertelendy as Mrs. Gordon

            Aharon Ipalé as Maj. David Grut

            Barbara Allyne Bennet as Relative #1

            Warren Kemmerling as Gad Yaakobi

            Harvey Lembeck as Mr. Harvey

            Dinah Manoff as Rachel Sager

            George Petrie as Chaim Zadok

            Louis Quinn as Delegation member

            Kim Richards as Alice

            Tom Rosqui as Amos Eran

            Billy Sands as Mr. Goldbaum

            Pearl Shear as Mrs. Loeb

            Millie Slavin as Mrs. Sager

            Steve Shaw as Jonathan Sager

            Martin Speer as Delegation member

            Dov Gottesfeld as Meteorologist
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