The Wild Geese

6.8
Moderate
19782h 14m

Directed by

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.

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Richard Burton - Col. Allen Faulkner in The Wild Geese

Richard Burton

Col. Allen Faulkner

Richard Harris - Capt. Rafer Janders in The Wild Geese

Richard Harris

Capt. Rafer Janders

Roger Moore - Lt. Shawn Fynn in The Wild Geese

Roger Moore

Lt. Shawn Fynn

Hardy Krüger - Lt. Pieter Coetze in The Wild Geese

Hardy Krüger

Lt. Pieter Coetze

Stewart Granger - Sir Edward Matherson in The Wild Geese

Stewart Granger

Sir Edward Matherson

John Kani - Sgt. Jesse Blake in The Wild Geese

John Kani

Sgt. Jesse Blake

Jack Watson - RSM Sandy Young in The Wild Geese

Jack Watson

RSM Sandy Young

Frank Finlay - Fr. Geoghagen in The Wild Geese

Frank Finlay

Fr. Geoghagen

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271 ratings. The score is reasonably stable but could shift up to 0.13 as more ratings come in.

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Movie Info

Release Date

June 28, 1978

Runtime

2h 14m

Rating

R

Genres

Action

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