Game for Vultures

Game for Vultures (1979)

In every war there are those who kill... and those who make a killing!

The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man.

Date of release
1979-06-25
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Action
Director
James Fargo

Casting

Interesting facts

Game for Vultures is a 1979 British thriller film starring Richard Harris, Joan Collins, and Richard Roundtree. It was directed by James Fargo and based on the 1975 novel with the same name by Michael Hartmann set during the Rhodesian Bush War.

Production

Game for Vultures was the first British film about the Rhodesian Bush War.

The film was mostly shot in South Africa, near Pretoria and Johannesburg. Filming in Rhodesia itself was decided against because of security concerns and the potential violation of sanctions.

"I'm not a politician", said producer Hazel Adair. Director James Fargo concurred: "I'm not a political person at all. I never thought about Africa until I started to make a film... The audience will come away with the idea that neither side is right."

"It's a movie in which there are no real bad guys or good guys", said Fargo. "Nobody really wins in the end and everybody loses, like in the real Rhodesia."

During filming in South Africa, Roundtree tried to purchase some alcoholic drinks, but was refused service because of his skin colour.

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