The Wild Geese

IMDb 6.8 1978 • 134 min • Action

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Richard Burton
Richard Burton Col. Allen Faulkner
Richard Harris
Richard Harris Capt. Rafer Janders
Roger Moore
Roger Moore Lt. Shawn Fynn
Hardy Krüger
Hardy Krüger Lt. Pieter Coetze
Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger Sir Edward Matherson