The Wild Geese
movie
Released June 28, 1978
Genres:
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.
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
Jack Watson
as
RSM Sandy Young
Frank Finlay
as
Fr. Geoghagen
Kenneth Griffith
as
Arthur Witty
Ronald Fraser
as
Sgt. Jock McTaggart
Barry Foster
as
Thomas Balfour
Winston Ntshona
as
Julius Limbani
Crew
Andrew V. McLaglen
as
Director
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Daniel Carney
as
Novel
Reginald Rose
as
Screenplay
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Euan Lloyd
as
Producer
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Roy Budd
as
Original Music Composer
Jack Hildyard
as
Director of Photography
Bob Simmons
as
Stunts
Joan Armatrading
as
Theme Song Performance
Maurice Binder
as
Main Title Designer
John Glen
as
Second Unit Director
Derek Cracknell
as
Assistant Director
Greg Powell
as
Stunts