The Delta Force

The Delta Force is a 1986 American actionthriller starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin in his final film as leaders of an elite squad of Special Forces troops based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit. It was directed by Menahem Golan and featured Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Vaughn, Steve James, Robert Forster, Shelley Winters, and George Kennedy. The film was produced in Israel. Two sequels were produced entitled Delta ForceThe Colombian Connection and Delta ForceThe Killing Game. The Delta Force is loosely based on the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.

Five years later, a group of Lebanese terrorists hijack American Travelways Flight 282, a Boeing 707 flying from Cairo, Egypt to New York City via Athens, Greece and Rome, Italy. Taking all 144 passengers and crew hostage on the AthensRome leg, the proKhomeini New World Revolutionary Organization, led by two terrorists named Abdul Rafai Robert Forster and Mustafa David Menahem, force Captain Roger Campbell Bo Svenson and his crew to fly the plane to Beirut, Lebanon, where they make demands to the United States government that, if not met, will result in the death of each of the hostages. During the crisis, they separate the Jewish passengers from the Americans by forcing the flight attendant to identify them, who is hesitant to do so because of her German heritage. Unbeknownst to the authorities, the Jewish hostages are then taken off the plane and transported to a militantcontrolled area of Beirut, while a dozen additional henchmen are brought on board.The plane departs for Algiers, where the terrorists release the female hostages and children. Meanwhile, Delta Force, led by Colonel Nick Alexander Lee Marvin and McCoy who has been recalled to duty and promoted to Major are deployed to resolve the crisis. Once the female hostages are evacuated, they launch their assault, only to discover too late that there are additional hijackers onboard. When the Delta Force blow their cover, Abdul kills a United States Navy Diver named Tom Charles Floye. He then forces the pilots to return to Beirut and takes the remaining male passengers with him. ........

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