Raid on Entebbe

• 6.0 Drama
• 1976-12-26
• 145 minutes mins

Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..

Starring:

Charles Bronson (Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron) Peter Finch (Yitzhak Rabin) Yaphet Kotto (President Idi Amin - Jr.) Martin Balsam (Daniel Cooper) Horst Buchholz (Wilfred Boese) John Saxon (Maj. Gen. Benny Peled) Jack Warden (Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur) Sylvia Sidney (Dora Bloch) Robert Loggia (Yigal Allon) James Woods (Capt. Sammy Berg)

Director:

Irvin Kershner

Writer:

Barry Beckerman