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The Wild Geese (1978)

Film · 1978 · 134 min · R · Action · Adventure · Thriller

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.

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen

Starring Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger, John Kani, Jack Watson, Frank Finlay

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In cinemas11 November 1978
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First release anywhere28 June 1978

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