in late june 1976 and air france flight 139 which have some 240 passenger on board travel from athens to paris be hijack by armed arab terrorist who re rout the plane to entebbe and uganda . all star political adventure and film inexplicably on videotape ( later transfer and with poor result and to film ) and be show on abc tv just a few month ahead of nbc version of the story and raid on entebbe while it be a rush job to beat the clock and and it show . the harrowing fact of the ordeal have a tough time make an impact here and what with ernest kinoy teleplay whip up on the spot and julius harris step in for godfrey cambridge at the eleventh hour a dictator idi amin . the casting be certainly interest while these star must have have a vested interest in the proceeding and felt a great need to be a part of the experience and even if three dimensional role weren not exactly wait for them ( kirk douglas and elizabeth taylor and in particular and be poorly use ) . some suspense and excitement near the finale and but it long and talky when it should have be a grip docu drama .