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The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (1989) (TV)
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Robert E. Collins (written by)
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13 February 1989 (USA)
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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.
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Another well done made for TV movie.
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(Credited cast) | Karl Malden | ... | Leon Klinghoffer |
 | Lee Grant | ... | Marilyn Klinghoffer |
 | E.G. Marshall | ... | Stanley 'Stan' Kubacki |
 | Vera Miles | ... | Sophie Kubacki |
| Christina Pickles | ... | Charlotte |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Mohab Boctor | ... | Magid Al-Moqui |
| Nabil Hakkim | ... | Abbul Abbas |
| Brian Harrison | ... | Ambassador Veliotes |
| Tony Helou | ... | Ibrahim Abdelatif |
| Phillip Hinton | ... | Captain De Rosa |
| Susan Lyons | ... | Ruth |
 | Robert Mammone | ... | Aldo |
 | Charles Nassif | ... | Bassam Al-Asker |
| John Orcsik | ... | Samir Al-Quantari |
| Barry Otto | ... | Kevin |
| Neva Small | ... | Lisa |
| Monica Trapaga | ... | Ilsa |
| Michael Van Schoor | ... | Ahmed Al-Assadi |
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(April 2003) Shortly after the fall of Baghdad, Abu Abbas, a convicted Palestinian terrorist who masterminded the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship, was captured by U.S. Special Forces while trying to flee Baghdad for Syria. Abbas (born Muhammad Zaydan) was the founder of the P.L.F.
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Version of The Death of Klinghoffer (2003)
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An accurate portrayal of the events aboard the Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro. Karl Malden accurately portrays the helpless victim of terrorist thugs. Most accurate of all is the brutality of the terrorists killing an unarmed man in a wheel chair and then throwing him overboard as witnessed by one of the ships porters. Leon Klinghoffer's defiance is conveyed very well by Karl Malden and seems to accurately reflect the actual events. Lee Grant is wonderful as the victims wife agonizing over the whereabouts of her husband. Her walking in front of the captured terrorists at the end probably is an accurate portrayal of the real Marilyn Klinghoffer's response to her loss.