Raid on Entebbe

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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 (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.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Television
Directed By:

Irvin Kershner
Written By:

Barry Beckerman
In Theaters:

Jan 9, 1977 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Oct 23, 2004
Runtime:

113 minutes
Studio:

20th Century Fox Television

Cast

Peter Finch
as Yitzhak Rabin

Charles Bronson
as Dan Shomron

Yaphet Kotto
as President Idi Amin

Jack Warden
as Mordechai Gur

Horst Buchholz
as Wilfried Böse

Martin Balsam
as Daniel Cooper

Tige Andrews
as Shimon Peres

John Saxon
as Peled

Eddie Constantine
as Capt. Michel Bacos

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

Dov Gottesfeld
as Meteorologist

Hanna Hertelendy
as Mrs. Gordon

Aharon Ipalé
as Maj. David Grut

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

Steve Shaw
as Jonathan Sager

Pearl Shear
as Mrs. Loeb

Millie Slavin
as Mrs. Sager

Martin Speer
as Delegation member

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May 27, 2010

If this bit of history interests you then you will enjoy this. It's accurate, although Netanyahu died at the beginning of the raid. It could do with some editing. This could have been an hour long movie and been much better. Interesting subject, presented accurately, but only a fair movie.

Morris N Super Reviewer