Raid on Entebbe is a 1977 TV movie directed by Irvin Kershner. It is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of hostages at Entebbe Airport in Entebbe, Uganda on July 4, 1976. It was the last movie to be released featuring Academy Award-winning actor Peter Finch who died just 10 days after the movie aired. Actress Dinah Manoff appears in one of her very first roles. The movie was released shortly after a more hastily released made-for-television version came out - Victory at Entebbe . Though the movie was premiered on television in the United States, in some countries the... film was distributed theatrically. This version of Operation Entebbe is believed to be fairly accurate. The basic facts of the rescue of hostages held when hijackers working for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine boarded and hijacked an Air France plane recounts the events and response of the Israeli government and the controversy that the rescue stirred.
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| Release date: | 1977 |
| Directed by: | Irvin Kershner |
| Runtime: | 145 Minutes |
| Producer: | Daniel H. Blatt, Edgar J. Scherick |
| Music by: | David Shire |
| Cinematography: | Bill Butler |
| Screenplay by: | Barry Beckerman |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |