

The Wild Geese (1978)
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- 2h 14m
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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.
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.
Top Billed Cast

Richard Burton
Col. Allen Faulkner

Richard Harris
Capt. Rafer Janders

Roger Moore
Lt. Shawn Fynn

Hardy Krüger
Lt. Pieter Coetze

Stewart Granger
Sir Edward Matherson

John Kani
Sgt. Jesse Blake

Jack Watson
RSM Sandy Young

Frank Finlay
Fr. Geoghagen

Kenneth Griffith
Arthur Witty

Ronald Fraser
Sgt. Jock McTaggart
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