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Raid on Entebbe ()

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True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking.
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  • Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 8 nominations.
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Yitzhak Rabin
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Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
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President Idi Amin Jr.
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Daniel Cooper
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Wilfred Boese (as Horst Bucholz)
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Gen. Benny Peled
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Gen. Mordecai Gur
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Dora Bloch
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Yigal Allon
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Shimon Peres
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Capt. Becaud
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Menachem Begin
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Eli Melnick
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Lt. Col. 'Yonni' Netanyahu
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Capt. Sammy Berg
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Mr. Harvey
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Rachel Sager
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Alice
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Maj. David Grut
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Gad Yaakobi (as Warren Kemmerling)
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Gabrielle Krieger
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Mr. Sager
Lou Gilbert ...
Chaim Bar-Lev
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Mr. Goldbaum
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Mrs. Loeb
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Terrorist #15
Millie Slavin ...
Mrs. Sager
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Terrorist #38
Barbara Allyne Bennet ...
Relative #1
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Mrs. Berg
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Israel Gallili
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Mr. Scharf
Fred Cardoza ...
Uri Rosen
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Julie Darin (as Lauren Frost)
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Mr. Berg
Bill Gerber ...
Nathan Darin
Dov Gottesfeld ...
Meteorologist
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Mrs. Gordon (as Hanna Hertelendy)
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Mrs. Bennett (as Caryn Matchinga)
Harlee McBride ...
Air France Stewardess
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Chaim Zadok
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Delegation Member
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Amos Eran
Steve Shaw ...
Jonathan Sager
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Delegation Member
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Make Bray ...
Ugandan Soldier killed at airport (uncredited)
Cynthia Brian ...
Air France Stewardess (uncredited)
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Italian Passenger (uncredited)
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Israeli Soldier (uncredited)
Luther Fear ...
Passenger on Hijacked Plane (uncredited)
Martin Garner ...
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Robert Leh ...
Israeli Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Manuel ...
Hercules Pilot (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
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Mr. Haskell (uncredited)
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Israeli Soldier (uncredited)
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Israeli Soldier (uncredited)
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Airbus Navigator (uncredited)
Milton 'Butterball' Smith ...
Ugandan Soldier killed at airport gun battle (uncredited)
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French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (uncredited)

Directed by

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Irvin Kershner

Written by

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Barry Beckerman ... (written by)

Produced by

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Daniel H. Blatt ... producer
Robin S. Clark ... associate producer
Edgar J. Scherick ... producer

Music by

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David Shire

Cinematography by

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Bill Butler ... director of photography

Editing by

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Nick Archer
Bud S. Isaacs
Art Seid

Editorial Department

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Janice Hampton ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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W. Stewart Campbell

Art Direction by

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Kirk Axtell ... (as Kirk Axtel)

Set Decoration by

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Fred Price

Costume Design by

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Patty Woodard

Makeup Department

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Jack Petty ... makeup artist
Jan Van Uchelen ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Robin S. Clark ... production manager
Cleve Landsberg ... post-production supervisor
R.J. Louis ... production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Malcolm R. Harding ... first assistant director (as Mack Harding)
Bud S. Isaacs ... second unit director
Max Kleven ... second unit director

Art Department

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Bill Hudson ... property master
Matt Springman ... property master

Sound Department

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Glenn E. Anderson ... sound mixer (as Glenn Anderson)
Milton C. Burrow ... sound editor
Thomas Cunliffe ... boom operator (as Tom Cunliffe)
Gene Eliot ... sound editor
Donald W. Ernst ... sound editor
Tony Garber ... sound editor
Don Isaacs ... sound editor (as Don V. Isaacs)
Larry Kaufman ... sound editor
William L. Manger ... sound editor
A. David Marshall ... sound editor
Richard Oswald ... sound editor
Bernard F. Pincus ... sound editor
Edward L. Sandlin ... sound editor
Barrett Taylor ... assistant sound editor
Russ Tinsley ... sound editor

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Terry D. Frazee ... special effects (as Terry Frazee)
John Eggett ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Rock A. Walker ... stunt coordinator (as Rock Walker)
Bob Minor ... stunts (uncredited)
Steve Nave ... stunt performer (uncredited)
Greg Walker ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Colin J. Campbell ... gaffer (as Colin Campbell)
James R. Connell ... camera operator (as Jim Connel)
George Hill ... key grip
Terry K. Meade ... camera operator: second unit
Ron Anderson ... electrician (uncredited)
Jeffrey Clark ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Thomas Del Ruth ... camera operator (uncredited)
Wynn Hammer ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Dorothy Barkley ... wardrobe
Frank Tauss ... wardrobe
Patty Woodward ... wardrobe: featured female performers furnished by
Victor Bergstrand ... wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Music Department

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Ken Johnson ... music editor
Don Perry ... music supervisor
Dan Wallin ... score mixer
Bob Bornstein ... music copyist (uncredited)
Larry Bunker ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Ralph Ferraro ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Caesar Giovannini ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Jack Hayes ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Michael Lang ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet soloist (uncredited)
Richard Nash ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Joe Porcaro ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
David Shire ... conductor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Jeanetta L. Hoyle ... script supervisor (as Jeanetta Lewis Hoyle)

Additional Crew

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Barbara Allyne Bennet ... production coordinator
Shmuel Erde ... technical advisor
Aharon Ipalé ... technical advisor
Pennfield Jensen ... assistant to director
Arthur Weingarten ... special production consultant
Mike Clark ... cinemobile technician (uncredited)
Robert Werden ... unit publicist (uncredited)

Thanks

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Frank J. Schober Jr. ... special appreciation (as Maj. Gen. Frank J. Schober Jr. Commanding General)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Based on a true military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the P.F.L.P. The plane has about one hundred Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. This movie then shows how less than five hundred 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 Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan "Yonni" Netanyahu. Written by Nikhil Deo

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Taglines The boldest rescue in history See more »
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Also Known As
  • Raid sur Entebbe (France)
  • ...die keine Gnade kennen (Germany)
  • Secuestro en Entebe (Spain)
  • Brigada antisecuestro (Spain)
  • Operation Thunderbolt (Sweden)
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Runtime
  • 145 min
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Budget $3,500,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia At one point, Idi Amin, Jr. wears a Glengarry, a Scottish military cap, with a red and white tartan ribbon around it. Amin had been in the King's African Rifles, and suffered considerable racism from British officers. The only one to show him any respect was a Scot. After that, Amin had an affection for Scotland, even considering himself a pretender to the Scottish throne. See more »
Goofs Yonni Netanyahu appears as a full colonel, wearing three oak leaves on his epaulets. He was a lieutenant colonel at the time of his death. Israeli Lt Colonel insignia has two leaves. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe (2000). See more »
Quotes Yitzhak Rabin: [realising an Air France flight is late] Have we heard anything from the French?
Gad Yaakobi: Not a word.
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