Directed by:
Irvin KershnerScreenplay:
Barry BeckermanCinematography:
Bill ButlerComposer:
David ShireCast:
Peter Finch, Martin Balsam, Horst Buchholz, John Saxon, Sylvia Sidney, Jack Warden, Yaphet Kotto, Charles Bronson, Eddie Constantine, Robert Loggia (more)Plots(1)
It was in June 1976 that an Air France plane carrying 244 passengers and a crew of 12 on a flight from Athens to Paris was hijacked by terrorists who forced the captain to alter course and eventually land at Uganda's Entebbe Airport. With the tacit approval of President Idi Amin, the Jewish passengers were held hostage and threatened with death if the Israeli government didn't comply with their captor's demand - to release 53 Palestinian so-called freedom fighters held in Israeli prisons. The world held its breath as the hours and minutes to the deadlines set by the terrorists ticked by. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Peter Finch
UK
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A Town Like Alice (1956)
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Martin Balsam
USA
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Horst Buchholz
German Empire
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John Saxon
USA
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Sylvia Sidney
USA
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Jack Warden
USA
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Yaphet Kotto
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Charles Bronson
USA
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Eddie Constantine
USA
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Robert Loggia
USA
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James Woods
USA
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Harvey Lembeck
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Dinah Manoff
USA
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Aharon Ipalé
Morocco
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Martin Speer
USA
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René Assa
Egypt
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Allan Arbus
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George Petrie
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Stephen Macht
USA
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Kim Richards
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