Operation Thunderbolt (1977)

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This thrill-packed fact-based action-adventure from Israel chronicles the daring rescue of 104 passengers from a hijacked plane in Entebbe, Uganda, on July 4, 1976. The film is also known as Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt.

Original Release

01/24/1977

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Cast

Name	Character

Yehoram Gaon	Col. Yonatan Netanyahu
Gila Almagor	Nurit Aviv
Klaus Kinski	Wilfried Boese
Assi Dayan	Shuki
Shmuel Rodensky	Family Representative
Rolf Eden	Air France Co-Pilot
Sybil Danning	Halima
Uzi Cohen	Israel soldier dressed as Idi Amin
Yigal Alon	Himself
Yitzhak Aloni	Mustafa

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Directors

Menahem Golan

Writers

Ken Globus, Menahem Golan, Clarke Reynolds

Cast

Name	Character

Yehoram Gaon	Col. Yonatan Netanyahu
Gila Almagor	Nurit Aviv
Klaus Kinski	Wilfried Boese
Assi Dayan	Shuki
Shmuel Rodensky	Family Representative
Rolf Eden	Air France Co-Pilot
Sybil Danning	Halima
Uzi Cohen	Israel soldier dressed as Idi Amin
Yigal Alon	Himself
Yitzhak Aloni	Mustafa
David Ben-Haim	Gamal
Modi Ben-Haim	Jacques Lemonne
Heinz Bernard	British Hostage
Avraham Bonai	Ugandan Soldier
Moshe Dayan	Himself
Abba Eban	Himself
Marvin Friedman	Navigator
Arieh Gardus	Kuki
Rafi Ginai	Entebee Tower Control Operator
Ken Globus	Hercules Pilot