The Wild Geese
19782h 14mNo ratings yet
- Action
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.
Keywords
- kidnapping
- mercenary
- africa
- outlaw
- diplomat
- private army
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 28, 1978
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Switzerland
- Cast
- Richard Burton,Richard Harris,Roger Moore,Hardy Krüger,Stewart Granger,John Kani,Jack Watson,Frank Finlay,Kenneth Griffith,Ronald Fraserand 29 more
- Director
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- Writer
- Reginald Rose,Daniel Carney
- Producer
- Euan Lloyd,Erwin C. Dietrich
- Cinematography
- Jack Hildyard
- Music
- Roy Budd
- Budget
- $11,600,000
- Revenue
- $9,900,000
- IMDb
- tt0078492