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6.8A 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.
Released: 1978-06-28134 minDir: Andrew V. McLaglenActionBudget: $11.6MBox office: $9.9MPart of: The Wild Geese Collection
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Cast
- 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
Themes
- diplomat
- kidnapping
- africa
- mercenary
- private army
- outlaw
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
15,173 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Wild Geese II
- Director
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- Screenwriter
- Reginald Rose
- Cast member
- Terence Longdon
- Composer
- Roy Budd
- Cinematographer
- Jack Hildyard
- Narrative location
- South Africa
- Filming location
- South Africa
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 461608
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 1981-02-25
- film editor
- John Glen
- title
- The Wild Geese
- capital cost
- 10000000
- review score
- 70%
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