Richard Burton
Col. Allen Faulkner
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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. The mercenary names his terms, sets his fee and rounds up his old cronies, Roger Moore and Richard Harris. Where does he find Moore?
1978 · 2 hr 15 min. R. Action · War · Drama. Richard Burton, Roger Moore, and Richard Harris are a team of mercenaries who must remove a deposed African president and transport him to prison. Subtitles: English. Starring: Richard Burton Roger Moore Richard Harris. Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen.
Synopsis. Colonel Allen Faulkner (Richard Burton), a middle-aged British mercenary and former Royal Army officer, arrives in London from Switzerland to meet the rich and ruthless merchant banker Sir Edward Matherson (Stewart Granger) at his West London row-house.
Rent The Wild Geese on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Mercenaries (Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris) for a London banker parachute into Africa to put a useful president...
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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.
Film Details. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. 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.
Screen legends Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris star as a team of aging mercenaries hired by a wealthy industrialist for one final mission: Recruit and train a squad of desperate commandos, parachute into an unstable African nation, snatch its deposed President from a maximum security army prison, escape via the military-controlled...
