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The Wild Geese
1978
A British industrialist recruits a group of mercenaries to penetrate the African wilderness and rescue a deposed political leader awaiting execution at the hands of a military despot. While the prisoner is a man with noble visions of racial reform, the industrialist who's financing the operation cares only about his own .. Read more
| Starring | Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Hardy Kruger, Richard Harris |
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| Director | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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The Wild Geese
A British industrialist recruits a group of mercenaries to penetrate the African wilderness and rescue a deposed political leader awaiting execution at the hands of a military despot. While the prisoner is a man with noble visions of racial reform, the industrialist who's financing the operation cares only about his own business interests. When the rescue mission is no longer to his advantage, the businessman decides to alter the course of events--setting off an explosion of violence.
| Starring | Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Hardy Kruger, Richard Harris, Stewart Granger, Frank Finlay, Jeff Corey, Kenneth Griffith |
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| Director | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Studio | MOSAIC MOVIES |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 9 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 28 May 2004 Production year: 1978 |
| Format | DVD |
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Restless lumberjack Henry Fonda, in search of excitement, tracks down old pal and gambler Warren William in Seattle. There he meets and marries saloon dancer Joan Bennett who, unbeknown to him, is William's old flame, gets involved in William's dangerous dispute with big Barton MacLane, takes off to Alaska with friend and now pregnant wife, and… With a topnotch cast and enough plot to fill two movies, one could have expected more of this 78-minute adventure drama. For all its incident, however, the script is not sharp enough, and is further flattened by John Brahm's laboured direction.
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Dried-out 'hellraisers' Burton and Harris totter together for this mercenary outing which transfers the fundamental... read more on Time Out
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Old fashioned action at it's best
Looking at the film now it may seem old style now but back in 1978 it was a big hit.
It has a really great score by roy budd who also wrote the score for get carter.
The plot may be a little thin but the action is first rate.
Worth a look just to see the acting greats together,and you can see they had a good time making it. -
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Wild Geese
Great film. Full of top film legends. Waited ages to receive it but it was worth it. Could watch it every day.
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Ritchie set for Wild Geese remake
- 18 Mar 2009
Guy Ritchie's career appears to be on the rise following his divorce from Madonna - he has been lined up to direct a remake of 1978 hit movie The Wild Geese. The filmmaker, who split from the singer last year (08), has recently finished shooting Sherlock Holmes - which stars Robert Downey Jr. as the detective and Jude Law as Watson. And now Ritchie has agreed to take on the eagerly anticipated remake of The Wild Geese, about a group of mercenaries in Africa - and it's set to feature a host of... Read more
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