The Wild Geese
Brief Synopsis
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A British multinational 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 & Crew
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Andrew V. Mclaglen
Director
Christopher Chittell
Gordon Steel
David Ladd
Roy Magnusson
Ronald Fraser
Film Details
Also Known As
Wild Geese, vilda gässen
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adventure
Spy
War
Release Date
1978
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 12m
Sound
4-Track Stereo (London premiere print), Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Synopsis
A British multinational 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
Christopher Chittell
Gordon Steel
David Ladd
Roy Magnusson
Ronald Fraser
Richard Harris
Clive Curtis
Terence Longdon
Chris Leroux
Valerie Leon
Malcolm Lolly
Greg Powell
Jazzer Jeyes
Richard Burton
Jane Hylton
De Wet Van Rooyen
Tullio Moneta
Brook Williams
Jim Bailey
Rod Campbell
Ernst Briemle
Kenneth Griffith
Alan Poulton
Ryno Hattinga
Andre Parnell
Jeannie Collings
Patrick Holt
Roger Moore
Rocky Taylor
Ian Yule
Chris Scott
Stewart Granger
Terry Wells
Joe Cole
Frank Finlay
Fred Bryant
Thomas Baptiste
Solly Marx
Eddie Eddon
Harry Magnus
Jerry Donahue
Performer
Ken Gampu
George Leech
Blayne Knox
Marc Donahue
Performer
Bernard Nathanson
Patrick Allen
Len Sparrowhawk
Bob Cunningham
Jerry Degoede
Jeff Corey
John Alderson
Fats Bookholane
Graham Clarke
Jules Walter
Barry Foster
Anna Bergman
Mickey Lamton
Hardy Kruger
Chris Gibbons
Paul Spurrier
Jack Watson
Derek Botha
Winston Ntshona
Sydney Chama
Taks Senckal
Martin Grace
Trevor Lloyd
Colin Abraham
T Elysee
Percy Herbert
Gerry Vermeulen
Rosalind Lloyd
Glyn Baker
George Lane Cooper
John Kani
Crew
Joan Armatrading
Song Performer
Barbara Back
Production Assistant
Bob Bell
Art Director
Ron Berkeley
Makeup
Alexander Borodin
Music
Tony Braun
Photography
Harold Buck
Production Supervisor
Roy Budd
Music
Roy Budd
Song
Roy Budd
Music Arranger
Syd Cain
Production Designer
Daniel Carney
Book As Source Material
Richard Charter
Other
Chris Chrisafis
Associate Producer
Derek Cracknell
Assistant Director
Dino Di Campo
Sound Editor
Jerry Donahue
Music
Marc Donahue
Music
Paul Engelen
Makeup
Gordon Everett
Sound
Elsa Fennell
Costumes
Scot Finch
Production Associate
Norman Foster
Production Manager
Ray Freeborn
Location Manager
John Glen
Editor
John Grover
Editor
Jack Hildyard
Director Of Photography
Jack Hildyard
Dp/Cinematographer
Dick Hilland
Other
Dick Hilland
Advisor
Mike Hoare
Technical Advisor
Gerry Humphreys
Sound
Euan Lloyd
Executive Producer
Dudley Lovell
Camera Operator
Colin Miller
Sound Editor
Richard Mills
Makeup
Douglas Netter
Coproducer
Reginald Rose
Screenplay
Bobby Simmons
Stunt Coordinator
Neville Smallwood
Makeup
Allan Sones
Sound Editor
Kit West
Special Effects Supervisor
Film Details
Also Known As
Wild Geese, vilda gässen
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adventure
Spy
War
Release Date
1978
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 12m
Sound
4-Track Stereo (London premiere print), Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Quotes
There is a clause in all of my contracts, that my liver is to be buried seperately, and, with honors.- Faulkner
We're dead!- Esposito
Esposito, you're not dead until I TELL you you're dead.- RSM Sandy Young
"Get up."- RSM Sandy Young
"I can't, sir. I'm dead."- Soldier
"Get on your feet, you fuckin' abortion!"- RSM Sandy Young
That's one of the most moving benedictions I ever heard.- Shawn Fynn
Trivia
This was the last movie released by Allied Artists.
In the casino scene where Allen Faulkner flirts with a woman dressed as an Egyptian, the woman is actually is Richard Burton's wife Susan Burton.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1978
Released in United States 1978
