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Raid on Entebbe

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Raid on Entebbe
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1hr 53min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1977
Director:
Irvin Kershner
Distributor:
Televista
Starring:
Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz  ...more
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Mike Cummings, AMG Review
Less than a year after the successful Israeli rescue of hostages at Entebbe, Uganda, this production portrayed the July 4, 1976, event with such convincing realism that it earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama. Director Irvin Kershner paces the film brilliantly, switching scenes often after Palestinian and German terrorists hijack a French plane with Israeli passengers to Uganda and ... Full Review
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Peter Finch
Yitzhak Rabin
Charles Bronson
Brigadier General Dan Shomron
Horst Buchholz
Wilfred Boese
Martin Balsam
Daniel Cooper
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