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About the Film

Year

1977

Rating

R

Genre

Action / Adventure / Drama

Running Time

143 MIN

Synopsis

Black Sunday is the powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the President of the United States in attendance. Robert Shaw plays an Israeli commando who discovers the plot, masterminded by Marthe Keller with the help of deranged Vietnam veteran Bruce Dern. Director John Frankenheimer creates a chilling portrait of people obsessed with a cause for which they will die. In the exciting finale, Dern and Keller navigate the lethal airship into the terror-stricken stadium, pursued by Shaw in a helicopter, climaxing one of the most unusual chases in movie history.

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Robert Shaw

Kabakov

Bruce Dern

Lander

Marthe Keller

Dahlia

Fritz Weaver

Corley

Steven Keats

Moshevsky

Bekim Fehmiu

Fasil

Michael Vincente Gazzo

Muzi

William Daniels

Pugh

Walter Gotell

Col. Riaf

Victor Campos

Nageeb

About the Crew

Director

John Frankenheimer

Producer

Robert Evans

Writer

Thomas Harris

Writer

Ernest Lehman

Writer

Ivan Moffat

Writer

Kenneth Ross

Music Scoring

John Williams