The Wild Geese

The Wild Geese (1978)

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.

Date of release
1978-06-28
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (298)
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen

Casting

  • Richard Burton — Col. Allen Faulkner
  • Richard Harris — Capt. Rafer Janders
  • Roger Moore — Lt. Shawn Fynn
  • Hardy Krüger — Lt. Pieter Coetze
  • Stewart Granger — Sir Edward Matherson
  • John Kani — Sgt. Jesse Blake
  • Jack Watson — RSM Sandy Young
  • Frank Finlay — Fr. Geoghagen
  • Kenneth Griffith — Arthur Witty
  • Ronald Fraser — Sgt. Jock McTaggart
  • Barry Foster — Thomas Balfour
  • Winston Ntshona — Julius Limbani

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