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The Wild Geese is a 1978 war film starring an ensemble cast led by Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger. The film, which was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, was the result of a long-held ambition of producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film in the vein of The Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare.
Nov 11, 1978 · The Wild Geese: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger. A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.
Jun 16, 2016 · The Wild Geese 1978. A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African president from the hands of a corrupt African dictator. ...more.
Mercenaries (Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris) for a London banker parachute into Africa to put a useful president back in power.
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In “The Wild Geese,” for example, we observe the following formula: A mercenary soldier (Richard Burton) is hired to parachute into an African nation and rescue the captive head of a populist political movement.
Lt. Pieter Coetzee (Hardy Krüger), is a South African mercenary who only wants to return to his homeland and buy a farm, but can barely afford to pay his rent in London. Captain Rafer Janders (Richard Harris) is hired as an experienced mission planner.
The Wild Geese. 1978. 2 hr 12 mins. Drama, Action & Adventure. R. Watchlist. British mercenaries try to rescue an imprisoned African leader. Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy...
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.
A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.
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.
