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Raid on Entebbe (1976)

Directed by Irvin Kershner

Overview

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..

Length 145 minutes

Actors

Charles Bronson | Peter Finch | Yaphet Kotto | Martin Balsam | Horst Buchholz | John Saxon | Jack Warden | Sylvia Sidney | Robert Loggia | James Woods | Tige Andrews | Eddie Constantine | David Opatoshu | Allan Arbus | Stephen Macht | Harvey Lembeck | Dinah Manoff | Kim Richards | Aharon Ipalé | Warren J. Kemmerling | Mariclare Costello | Robin Gammell | Lou Gilbert | Billy Sands | Pearl Shear | Alex Colon | Millie Slavin | René Assa | Barbara Allyne Bennet | Anna Berger | Stanley Brock | Peter Brocco | Lauren Frost | Larry Gelman | Hanna Landy | Harlee McBride | George Petrie | Louis Quinn | Tom Rosqui | Martin Speer