Sword of Gideon

Sword of Gideon

Directed by	Michael Anderson
Produced by	Denis Héroux (executive producer) John Kemeny (executive producer) Robert Lantos (executive producer)
Written by	George Jonas (novel) Chris Bryant
Starring	Steven Bauer Michael York Robert Joy Laurent Malet Peter Dvorsky Rod Steiger Lino Ventura Colleen Dewhurst Leslie Hope John Hirsch Cyrielle Clair Linda Griffiths Daniel Alfie Hrant Alianak Sonia Benezra
Music by	Georges Delerue
Cinematography	Claude Agostini
Edited by	Ron Wisman
Release dates	November 29, 1986
Running time	173 min.
Country	Canada
Language	English

Sword of Gideon is a 1986 television film about Mossad agents hunting down terrorists associated with the 1972 Munich massacre. It was first shown on the CTV network in Canada as a four-hour miniseries and later on the HBO television network. Directed by Michael Anderson and written by Chris Bryant, the film stars Steven Bauer and Michael York. The film is based on the book Vengeance by George Jonas, an account of the incident which has been criticized by some intelligence personnel as fictional, though because of its covert nature is difficult to prove or disprove. In some countries the book was titled Vengeance: Sword of Gideon, from which the movie title is drawn. The story was retold in the 2005 film Munich by Steven Spielberg.

Plot

Avner, an adept Israeli military officer is selected as the leader of a Mossad team of expert agents for a covert mission to avenge the Munich massacre and other recent terrorist acts. They are initially successful in their assassinations but as they progress it becomes harder and harder to find their targets and they themselves are targeted with varying success by their enemies. With Avner and Jean the driver being the only survivors the mission is called off. He wishes to retire from Mossad and rejoin the regular ranks of the IDF, but his case officer is reluctant to let his most valuable asset go.

External links

Sword of Gideon at the Internet Movie Database
Sword of Gideon at AllMovie
Sword of Gideon at Rotten Tomatoes

Films directed by Michael Anderson

Feature films	Private Angelo (1949) Waterfront (1950) Hell is Sold Out (1951) Night Was Our Friend (1951) Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) The House of the Arrow (1953) The Dam Busters (1955) 1984 (1956) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) The Naked Edge (1961) Flight from Ashiya (1964) Wild and Wonderful (1964) Operation Crossbow (1965) The Quiller Memorandum (1966) The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) Pope Joan (1972) Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) Conduct Unbecoming (1975) Logan's Run (1976) Orca (1977) Dominique (1979) Murder by Phone (1982) Second Time Lucky (1984) Separate Vacations (1986) The Jeweler's Shop (1989) Millennium (1989) Summer of the Monkeys (1998)

Television	The Martian Chronicles (1980) Sword of Gideon (1986) Young Catherine (1991) The Sea Wolf (1993) Rugged Gold (1994) Captains Courageous (1996) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)

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