A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don’t realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.
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Film Cast:
- Major Scott McCoy: Chuck Norris
- Colonel Nick Alexander: Lee Marvin
- Edie Kaplan: Shelley Winters
- Ben Kaplan: Martin Balsam
- Harry Goldman: Joey Bishop
- Abdul: Robert Forster
- Sylvia Goldman: Lainie Kazan
- Father O’Malley: George Kennedy
- Ingrid: Hanna Schygulla
- Debra Levine: Susan Strasberg
- Capt. Campbell: Bo Svenson
- Gen. Woodbridge: Robert Vaughn
- Bobby: Steve James
- Pete Peterson: William Wallace
- TV reporter: Mosko Alkalai
- Father Nicholas: Shaike Ophir
- George Berri: Uri Gavriel
- Raffi Amir: Assi Dayan
- Tom Hale: Charles Grant
- Sister Mary: Kim Delaney
- Dr. Jack: Jerry Weinstock
- Dave Hoskins: Marvin Freedman
- Jim Montgomery: Bob Levit
- Robert Levine: Jerry Lazarus
- Ellen Levine: Natalie Roth
- Ted Bilicki: Jerry Hyman
- Rosalee Bilicki: Gael Lehrer
- Jay Bilicki: Hank Leininger
- Sister Ann: Zipora Peled
- Mike Fraser: Aaron Kaplan
- Sally Fraser: Caroline Langford
- David Rosovsky: Yehuda Efroni
- Mustafa: David Menachem
- Tina: Chelli Goldberg
- Lesley: Chris Ellia
- Ed: Howard Jackson
- Andy: Eric Norris
- Jaffer: Avi Loziah
- Peter: Panos Nicolaou
- Issam: Menahem Einy
- Salim: Adib Jahschan
- Samir: Haim Sirafi
- Bartender: Elki Jacobs
- Lebanese Minister: Jacques Cohen
- BJ – Delta Force Member: BJ Davis
- US General: James Booth
- Delta Force Member (uncredited): Kevin Dillon
- Delta Force Member (uncredited): Liam Neeson
- Delta Force Member (uncredited): Damon Pooser
- Delta Force Member (uncredited): Mykelti Williamson
Film Crew:
- Producer: Menahem Golan
- Screenplay: James Bruner
- Original Music Composer: Alan Silvestri
- Editor: Alain Jakubowicz
- Costume Design: Tami Mor
- Key Makeup Artist: Vittorio Biseo
- Producer: Yoram Globus
- Production Design: Luciano Spadoni
- Director of Photography: David Gurfinkel
- Set Decoration: Ladislav Wilheim
- Hairstylist: Tamy Levy
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary Alexander
- Sound Editor: Ron Bartlett
- Supervising Dialogue Editor: George Berndt
- Foley Editor: Baird Bryant
- Dialogue Editor: Victor Grodecki
- Production Manager: Dov Maoz
- Property Master: César Díez Álava
- Dialogue Editor: Andrew Patterson
- Camera Operator: Danny Sheneor
- Music Supervisor: Paula Erickson
- First Assistant Director: Tony Brandt
- Foley Editor: Lee Dragu
- Sound Effects Editor: J.W. Kompare
- Supervising Sound Editor: Jerry Ross
- Still Photographer: Yoni Hamenachem
- Makeup Artist: Zivit Yakir
- Foley Editor: Keith Critchlow
- ADR Editor: Cliff Latimer
- Gaffer: Avraham Leibman
- Dialogue Editor: Thomas A. Fucci
- Special Effects Coordinator: Pini Klavir
- Sound Effects Editor: Richard King
- Title Designer: Wenden K. Baldwin
- Hairstylist: Patrice Morieres
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Jenkins
- Sound Recordist: Stanley B. Gill
- Sound Effects Editor: Allen Hartz
- Script Supervisor: Vivalda Vigorelli
- Set Designer: Leonardo Coen Cagli
- Property Master: Batia Grafka
- Dialogue Editor: Ruth Schell
- Gaffer: Danny ben Menahem
- Location Manager: Raz Chen
- Location Manager: Avner Peled
- Sound Effects Editor: David Bartlett
- Foley Editor: Mark Eiges
- Dialogue Editor: David Lebrun
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Larry Stensvold
- Music Editor: Tom Carlin
- Sound Effects Editor: Martin Maryska
- Sound Effects Editor: Fred Wasser
- Stunt Coordinator: Don Pike
- First Assistant Editor: Anne Couk
- First Assistant Editor: Dory Lubliner
- First Assistant Editor: Kobi Dagan
- Makeup Artist: Esty Kariv
- Sound Effects Editor: Ed Callahan
- Key Grip: Shimon Sabach
- Stunt Double: Jon H. Epstein
- Stunts: BJ Davis
Movie Reviews:
- John Chard: Delta Damage!
- The Delta Force is directed by Menahem Golam and Golam co-writes the screenplay with James Bruner. It stars Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Joey Bishop, Robert Forster, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn and Shelley Winters. Music is by Alan Silvestri and cinematography by David Gurfinkel.
- Film is a very loose working of the real life TWA Athens hijacking in 1985, done in a pure fantastical Hollywood style. It would prove to be the final movie of hard man actor Lee Marvin who would sadly pass away a year later, unfortunately this didn’t prove to be a fitting swansong for him. All the elements were there, a star name cast fronted by one of the 1980s action movie stars and a hot topic story ripe for serious drama and thrills. Sadly the pic doesn’t deliver on its promise of something substantial.
- However, if you are an action movie fan who isn’t the kind to get in a twist about political correctness, sloganeering and overt flag waving, then there’s lots of fun to be had. Stripped back from the political aspects (rah rah rah) it’s a Norris cartooner, while Marv gets one final decent pay day. The action is well put together, all bonkers, gloriously so, none more so than when Norris is at the forefront. Be it hand to hand butt kicking or indulging in motor cycle mayhem (rocket launchers, oh my!) , it’s excessively joyous.
- Yep! There’s cheese aplenty, especially once the human drama of the first hour gives way to macho marauding, whilst Silvestri’s musical score is irritating and irritatingly catchy – sounds more like it should have been in an 80s Brat Pack movie – and you can’t help but be annoyed that pretty much all the big names in the supporting cast are badly wasted! Also sad to see a frail Marvin in this, ravaged by years of nicotine and alcohol this is not how we want to remember him and therefore we are duty bound not to.
- Still, forgive it its failings and embrace the thrilling corn, for there’s still a good time to be had here. That is on proviso you happen to have a bent for such movies in the first place! 6/10
- Chandler Danier: Lots of stunts in this. Lots of wheelies. Very nice feature of rope on shoulders as an accessory as well as rope with knots in it to get into hard to reach areas. That’s the best stunt. It does seem like the wheelies are just for show and not even all that good. My buddy growing up could wheelie about that good. He was really good at wheelies though.
- The way people act, it’s funny to imagine them in the military at times. Those people running in the water do not seem professional let alone elite. It is charming in its earnestness. They really believed in this project. A little long.
- Oui, oui. Radio Canada.