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
![Robin Gammell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426664_a7ee17.jpg)
Robin Gammell
Canada
Best movies:
Contact (1997)
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) (TV movie)
![Rex Steven Sikes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426697_a4a8d1.jpg)
Rex Steven Sikes
Best movies:
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
Massacre at Central High (1976)
![Peter Brocco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/883/166883000_972dce.jpg)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Warren J. Kemmerling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482324_9c96ea.jpg)
Warren J. Kemmerling
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Lawyer (1970)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
![David Opatoshu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/144/160144808_3dd323.jpg)
David Opatoshu
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982) (TV movie)
![Larry Gelman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/720/160720359_96a1c3.jpg)
Larry Gelman
USA
Best movies:
Funny Girl (1968)
Rich Girl (1991)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
![Alex Colon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/081/161081314_3e9910.jpg)
Alex Colon
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Kojak: The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973) (TV movie)
Harry and Tonto (1974)
Billy Sands
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
P.J. (1968)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
![Tom Rosqui](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218385_979486.jpg)
Tom Rosqui
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
![Hanna Hertelendy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375812_c0f997.jpg)
Hanna Hertelendy
Hungary
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
![Mariclare Costello](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/617/161617574_afb5e6.gif)
Mariclare Costello
USA
Best movies:
Ordinary People (1980)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Louis Quinn
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
The Trap (1959)
Al Capone (1959)
Lou Gilbert
USA
Best movies:
Marathon Man (1976)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Martin Garner
USA
Best movies:
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Law and Disorder (1974)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
Anna Berger
USA
Best movies:
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Ghost World (2001)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Pearl Shear
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Barfly (1987)
Barbara Allyne Bennet
USA
Best movies:
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
Evita Peron (1981) (TV movie)
Inside (2006)
Stanley Brock
USA
Best movies:
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation) - a.f.
Nickelodeon (1976)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
![Tige Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/175/161175867_8d701e.jpg)
Tige Andrews
USA
Best movies:
Mister Roberts (1955)
Until They Sail (1957)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
Steve Shaw
USA
Best movies:
Centennial (1978) (series)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)