
Release Date
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Original Release
June 28, 1978
2h 14m
The Wild Geese (1978)
â 6.8134 min
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.
Director

Andrew V. McLaglen
Department: Directing
âPopularity: 2.3
Cast

Richard Burton
Col. Allen Faulkner
â3.2

Richard Harris
Capt. Rafer Janders
â3.2

Roger Moore
Lt. Shawn Fynn
â2.8

Hardy KrĂŒger
Lt. Pieter Coetze
â1.3

Stewart Granger
Sir Edward Matherson
â1.7

John Kani
Sgt. Jesse Blake
â1.5

Jack Watson
RSM Sandy Young
â1.0

Frank Finlay
Fr. Geoghagen
â1.8

Kenneth Griffith
Arthur Witty
â0.6

Ronald Fraser
Sgt. Jock McTaggart
â0.9
Genres
Action
Production Companies
Richmond ProductionsVarius Entertainment Trading A.G.



