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Raid on Entebbe is a 1977 TV movie directed by Irvin Kershner, based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of hostages at Entebbe Airport in Entebbe, Uganda on July 4, 1976. Directs, "The Return of a Man Called Horse"
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