The Wild Geese
1978 · 2h 14m · R
Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen
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The Wild Geese
Overview
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
Director and cast
- Andrew V. McLaglen Director
- Richard Burton as Col. Allen Faulkner
- Richard Harris as Capt. Rafer Janders
- Roger Moore as Lt. Shawn Fynn
- Hardy Krüger as Lt. Pieter Coetze
- Stewart Granger as Sir Edward Matherson
- John Kani as Sgt. Jesse Blake
- Jack Watson as RSM Sandy Young
- Frank Finlay as Fr. Geoghagen
- Kenneth Griffith as Arthur Witty
- Ronald Fraser as Sgt. Jock McTaggart
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