The Wild Geese
1978 · Movie · R · 134 min · ★ 6.8
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.
Based on The Wild Geese
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Details
- Years
- 1978
- Release date
- 1978-06-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (282 votes)
- Budget
- $10,000,000
Themes
- diplomat
- kidnapping
- africa
- mercenary
- private army
- outlaw
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen