

The Wild Geese
1978-06-28 · 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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- Production companies
- Richmond Productions, Varius Entertainment Trading A.G.
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Switzerland
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 11,600,000
- Revenue
- USD 9,900,000
Top Cast
Richard BurtonCol. Allen Faulkner
Richard HarrisCapt. Rafer Janders
Roger MooreLt. Shawn Fynn
Hardy KrügerLt. Pieter Coetze
Stewart GrangerSir Edward Matherson
John KaniSgt. Jesse Blake
Jack WatsonRSM Sandy Young
Frank FinlayFr. Geoghagen
Kenneth GriffithArthur Witty
Ronald FraserSgt. Jock McTaggart
Barry FosterThomas Balfour
Winston NtshonaJulius Limbani
Percy HerbertKeith
Ian YuleTosh Donaldson
Glyn BakerEsposito
Paul SpurrierEmile Janders
Rosalind LloydHeather
David LaddSonny Martinelli
Jeff CoreyMr Martin
Patrick AllenRushtonTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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