sword of gideon

Director: michael anderson

Actor: steven bauer,michael york,robert joy,laurent malet

Data Published: Sat Nov 29 1986

Genres: Action,Drama,Thriller

Key Words: munich massacre,1972 summer olympics,munich 1972 summer olympics,covert operation,terrorist

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092038/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Gideon

Description: Sword of Gideon is a TV movie starring Steven Bauer, Michael York, and Robert Joy. Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.

Plot: Avner, an adept Israeli military officer is selected as the leader of a Mossad team of expert agents for a covert mission to avenge the Munich massacre and other recent attacks. They are initially successful in their assassinations but as they progress it becomes harder and harder to find their targets and they themselves are targeted with varying success by their enemies. With Avner and Jean the driver being the only survivors the mission is called off. He wishes to retire from Mossad and rejoin the regular ranks of the IDF, but his case officer is reluctant to let his most valuable asset go.