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The Wild Geese

ActionAdventureDramaR

Duration

2h 14m

Release

28 Jun 1978

Country

United KingdomSwitzerland

Language

English

Overview

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.

Plot

A British banker hires a former British Army colonel turned mercenary to parachute into Africa with his team and rescue a deposed president of a southern African nation from the hands of a corrupt dictator.

Cast

Richard BurtonRoger MooreRichard Harris

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10Rotten Tomatoes: 75%

Details

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers

Reginald RoseDaniel Carney

Revenue

$9,900,000

Budget

$11,600,000

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

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