Raid on Entebbe Movie Review 1977

Dramatization of the Israeli rescue of passengers held hostage by terrorists at Uganda's Entebbe Airport in 1976. A gripping actioner all the more compelling because true. Finch received an Emmy nomination in this, his last film.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 113 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Terrorism, Rescue Missions, True Stories

Cast

Charles Bronson, Peter Finch, Horst Buchholz, John Saxon, Martin Balsam, Jack Warden, Yaphet Kotto, Sylvia Sidney

Cinematography

Bill Butler

Director

Irvin Kershner

Music

David Shire

Producer

Edgar J. Scherick Associates, 20th Century-Fox