“The boldest rescue in history”
Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane landed in Uganda. The terrorists released some passengers, keeping 94 Jews and 12 air crew hostage. The Israeli government would not negotiate. A rescue plan was devised, and less than 100 commandos were flown across Africa to rescue the passengers in surprisingly successful operation.
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Cast
41 people
Charles Bronson
Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
Death Wish
Peter Finch
Yitzhak Rabin
Known for
Network
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Yaphet Kotto
President Idi Amin - Jr.
Known for
Alien
Live and Let Die
Martin Balsam
Daniel Cooper
Known for
12 Angry Men
Psycho
Horst Buchholz
Wilfred Boese
Known for
Life Is Beautiful
One, Two, Three
John Saxon
Maj. Gen. Benny Peled
Known for
Enter the Dragon
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Jack Warden
Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur
Known for
12 Angry Men
All the President's Men
Sylvia Sidney
Dora Bloch
Known for
Beetlejuice
Sabotage
Robert Loggia
Yigal Allon
Known for
Scarface
Independence Day
James Woods
Capt. Sammy Berg
Known for
Once Upon a Time in America
Videodrome
Tige Andrews
Shimon Peres
Known for
The Last Tycoon
Mister Roberts
Eddie Constantine
Capt. Becaud
Known for
Alphaville
World on a Wire
Irvin Kershner Director · Barry Beckerman Writer David Shire Composer
Budget $3.5M · United States release January 9, 1977 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$3,500,000
Production
Edgar J. Scherick Associates
Production
20th Century Fox Television
Production
NBC
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Hebrew
Release dates
Denmark · December 26, 1976
Theatrical
United States · January 9, 1977
TV
Germany
April 29, 1977 · Theatrical
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