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| Sword of Gideon | |
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| Genre | Action Drama Thriller |
| Based on | Vengeance by George Jonas |
| Screenplay by | Chris Bryant |
| Directed by | Michael Anderson |
| Starring | Steven Bauer Michael York Robert Joy Laurent Malet Peter Dvorsky Rod Steiger Lino Ventura Colleen Dewhurst Leslie Hope John Hirsch Cyrielle Clair Linda Griffiths Daniel Alfie Hrant Alianak Sonia Benezra |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Denis Héroux John Kemeny Robert Lantos |
| Producer | George Jonas |
| Cinematography | Claude Agostini |
| Editor | Ron Wisman |
| Running time | 173 min. |
| Production company | HBO Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | CTV HBO |
| Release | November 29, 1986 |
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Sword of Gideon is a 1986 Canadian television film about Mossad agents hunting down terrorists associated with the 1972 Munich massacre. It was first shown on the CTV Television Network in Canada as a four-hour miniseries and later on HBO in the United States. Directed by Michael Anderson and written by Chris Bryant, the film stars Steven Bauer and Michael York. The film is based on the book Vengeance by George Jonas, an account of the incident which has been criticized by some intelligence personnel as fictional, though because of its covert nature is difficult to prove or disprove. In some countries the book was titled Vengeance: Sword of Gideon, from which the movie title is drawn. The story was retold in the 2005 film Munich by Steven Spielberg.