The Delta Force (1986)

A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the ... See full summary »

Director:

Menahem Golan

Writers:

James Bruner, Menahem Golan

Stars:

Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chuck Norris	...	Maj. Scott McCoy
Lee Marvin	...	Col. 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
William Wallace	...	Pete Peterson
Charles Grant	...	Tom Hale (as Charles Floye)
Steve James	...	Bobby

Storyline

A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes led by Major McCoy (Norris) and by Colonel Alexander (Marvin) as been called into service to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner and who's involved in the hijacking and try to retake the plane before the terrorists kill all the hostages.

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | pilot | hostage | commando mission | brutality | 

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Taglines:

The Hijack....The Ordeal....The Rescue...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA Israel

Language:

English Arabic Hebrew Greek

Release Date:

14 February 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Delta Force

Filming Locations:

Ben-Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel

Box Office

Gross:

$17,005,599 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golan-Globus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on the real-life hijacking of TWA Flight 847 on 14 June 1985.

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Goofs

Norris' footwear switches between combat boots and black sneakers several times during the film.

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Quotes

Abdul: What is your name?
Father O'Malley: William O'Malley.
Abdul: I did not call you.
Father O'Malley: You called for all the Jews. I'm Jewish, just like Jesus Christ. You take one, you gotta take us all.

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Connections

Spoofed in Delta Farce (2007)

User Reviews

Norris' best Golan-Globus effort

Lee Marvin was already very ill when he appeared in this movie, and his grave condition sometimes shows onscreen. Still, he's able to give it all that he's got like in his previous films, and it's nice seeing that he went down still a tough guy. The rest of the movie proves to be just as surprisingly enjoyable. It does go on too long (125 minutes!), and there is not as much action as you may be expecting. But the drama portion of the movie proves to be compelling, and the few action scenes there are turn out to be exceedingly well done. Certainly no masterpiece, but it is entertaining. Fans of Norris and/or Marvin, however, should be warned that the two of them don't appear in as much of the movie as they may be expecting.