The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
| Directing | Marvin J. Chomsky | Director |
| Production | Robert Guenette | Producer |
| Production | David L. Wolper | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Ernest Kinoy | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Liddiard | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Michael Gavaldon | Editor |
| Art | Edward Stephenson | Production Design |
| Camera | Jim Kilgore | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jim McElroy | Editor |
| Art | Chuck Rutherford | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Martell | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfreda Joan Phillips | Hairstylist |
| Editing | David Saxon | Editor |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaina P. Schulman | Key Hair Stylist |
| Sound | Charles Fox | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Wendy Winter | Production Assistant |
