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The Delta Force

  • 1986
  • K-16
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
22K
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The Delta Force (1986)
After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.
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After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.

  • Director
    • Menahem Golan
  • Writers
    • James Bruner
    • Menahem Golan
  • Stars
    • Chuck Norris
    • Lee Marvin
    • Martin Balsam
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    22K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Menahem Golan
    • Writers
      • James Bruner
      • Menahem Golan
    • Stars
      • Chuck Norris
      • Lee Marvin
      • Martin Balsam
    • 175User reviews
    • 83Critic reviews
    • 37Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Cast66

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    Chuck Norris
    Chuck Norris
    • Scott
    Lee Marvin
    Lee Marvin
    • Nick
    Martin Balsam
    Martin Balsam
    • Ben Kaplan
    Joey Bishop
    Joey Bishop
    • Harry Goldman
    Robert Forster
    Robert Forster
    • Abdul
    Lainie Kazan
    Lainie Kazan
    • Sylvia Goldman
    George Kennedy
    George Kennedy
    • Father O'Malley
    Hanna Schygulla
    Hanna Schygulla
    • Ingrid
    Susan Strasberg
    Susan Strasberg
    • Debra Levine
    Bo Svenson
    Bo Svenson
    • Captain Campbell
    Robert Vaughn
    Robert Vaughn
    • General Woodbridge
    Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    • Edie Kaplan
    William Wallace
    • Pete Peterson
    Charles Grant
    • Tom Hale
    • (as Charles Floye)
    Steve James
    Steve James
    • Bobby
    Kim Delaney
    Kim Delaney
    • Sister Mary
    Jerry Weinstock
    • Dr. Jack
    Marvin Freedman
    • Dave Hoskins
    • Director
      • Menahem Golan
    • Writers
      • James Bruner
      • Menahem Golan
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Lee Marvin was ill with abdominal pains and an inflamed colon during filming.
    • Goofs
      When the Delta Force arrives at the airport to leave country, they sneak through a cotton field, Lebanon does not have such fields, Israel does.
    • 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.

    • Alternate versions
      The original UK cinema version was cut by 1 min 24 secs by the BBFC to obtain a 15 rating with edits to head and body kicks from fight scenes and to remove a shot of a gun being forced into a man's mouth. The cuts were fully restored in all 18-rated video releases.
    • Connections
      Edited into Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991)

    User reviews175

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    5/10
    "Please Don't Take My Daddy!"
    The second half of Lee Marvin's final film is given over to the stuntmen, special effects team and armourers.

    Based on the 1985 hijacking of an American airliner, it's set mainly in Beirut but inevitably shot in Israel (described by Robert Vaughan as "America's best friend in the Middle East"), the dirty dozen this time round being twelve swarthy, sweaty, wild-eyed sadists and psychos under the command of a moustached Robert Forster during the career limbo from which Tarantino rescued him ten years later.

    Although Marvin is billed below Chuck Norris it's basically an ensemble piece. Personally directed by Cannon's Menahim Golan himself, it's a triumph of his and Globus's organisation and showmanship rather than actually filmmaking, having assembled an amazing cast which includes George Kennedy as a priest called William O'Malley and Martin Balsam in a rare overtly Jewish role. As usual there's a glamorous blonde fraulein aboard, but as played by Hanna Schygulla in her only English-language role she's a stewardess rather than one of the hijackers.
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    • Release date
      • October 10, 1986 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Israel
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
      • Arabic
      • Hebrew
      • Greek
    • Also known as
      • Delta Force
    • Filming locations
      • Haifa, Israel(beach landing)
    • Production companies
      • The Cannon Group
      • Golan-Globus Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $17,768,900
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,959,505
      • Feb 17, 1986
    • Gross worldwide
      • $17,768,900
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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