"The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda."
Helmut Berger
as Wilfried Böse
Theodore Bikel
as Yakov Shlomo
Linda Blair
as Chana Vilnofsky
Kirk Douglas
as Herschel Vilnofsky
Richard Dreyfuss
as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
Stefan Gierasch
as General Mordecai Gur
David Groh
as Benjamin Wise
Julius Harris
as President Idi Amin
Helen Hayes
as Etta Grossman-Wise
Anthony Hopkins
as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
Burt Lancaster
as Shimon Peres
Christian Marquand
as Captain Dukas
Elizabeth Taylor
as Edra Vilnofsky
Jessica Walter
as Nomi Haroun
Harris Yulin
as General Dan Shomron
Bibi Besch
as German Woman
David Sheiner
as Aaron Olav
Severn Darden
as Moshe Meyer
Ben Hammer
as Yaakobi
Anthony James
as Gamal Fahmy
Victor Mohica
as Jaif
Erica Yohn
as Belgian Woman
Lilyan Chauvin
as French Nun
Miriam Byrd-Nethery
as Nun's Ward
Kristina Wayborn
as Claudine
Austin Stoker
as Dr. Ghota
Dimitri Logothetis
as Young Soldier
Marvin J. Chomsky
Director
David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
Ernest Kinoy
Screenplay
Robert Guenette
Producer
Alfreda Joan Phillips
Hairstylist
Elaina P. Schulman
Key Hair Stylist
Chuck Rutherford
Set Decoration
Edward Stephenson
Production Design
David Saxon
Editor
Jack Martell
Costume Design
Charles Fox
Original Music Composer
Jim McElroy
Jim Kilgore
Director of Photography
Michael Gavaldon
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Gary Liddiard
Makeup Artist
Wendy Winter
Production Assistant