Raid on Entebbe

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Raid on Entebbe ★★★ 1977 (R)

Dramatization of the Israeli rescue of passengers held hostage by terrorists at Uganda's Entebbe Airport in 1976. A grip ping actioner all the more compelling be cause true. Finch received an Emmy nom ination in this, his last film. 113m/C VHS, DVD . Charles Bronson, Peter Finch, Horst Buch holz, John Saxon, Martin Balsam, Jack Warden, Yaphet Kotto, Sylvia Sidney; D: Irvin Kershner; C: Bill Butler; M: David Shire. TV

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