Victory at Entebbe
| Victory at Entebbe | |
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| Genre |
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| Written by | Ernest Kinoy |
| Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Charles Fox |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | David L. Wolper |
| Producer | Robert Guenette |
| Production locations | Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California |
| Cinematography | Jim Kilgore |
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| Running time | 119 min. |
| Production company | David L. Wolper Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | December 13, 1976 |
Victory at Entebbe is a 1976 American made-for-television action-drama film for broadcast on ABC, directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. The film starred Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Anthony Hopkins, Burt Lancaster, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Dreyfuss, and Kirk Douglas. Julius Harris portrayed Idi Amin, following the fatal heart attack suffered by the actor originally cast in the role, Godfrey Cambridge. The film was theatrically released in Europe.
Victory at Entebbe is based on the actual event Operation Entebbe, the raid on Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda and the freeing of Israeli hostages on July 4, 1976. It was the first of three films made in the 1970s based on the Entebbe Raid. The other two, Raid on Entebbe (1977) and Operation Thunderbolt (1977, Israel) soon followed. A fourth film, Entebbe (titled 7 Days in Entebbe in the U.S.) was released over four decades later in 2018.