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.
Practical Effects
Real helicopters, real explosions, real Cannon Films excess
Stunts
Motorcycle missiles and Chuck Norris doing Chuck Norris things
Director
Menahem Golan
Chuck Norris
Major Scott McCoy
Lee Marvin
Colonel Nick Alexander
Martin Balsam
Ben Kaplan
Joey Bishop
Harry Goldman
Robert Forster
Abdul
Lainie Kazan
Sylvia Goldman
George Kennedy
Father O'Malley
Hanna Schygulla
Ingrid
Susan Strasberg
Debra Levine
Bo Svenson
Capt. Campbell
Robert Vaughn
Gen. Woodbridge
Shelley Winters
Edie Kaplan
Steve James
Bobby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released four months after the TWA Flight 847 hijacking, it exploited real trauma for box office — audiences lined up anyway.
The 'Delta Force' theme became so iconic it was reused in Israeli military recruitment ads. No, really.
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