A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African president from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.
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Title: The Wild Geese (1978)
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Arthur Witty
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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. Written by Richard Young <richy@vnu.co.uk>
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The Dogs of War. The Best D*** Mercenaries in the Business!Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 November 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Wildgänse kommen See more »Box Office
Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
Production Co:
Richmond Film Productions (West), Victory Films, Varius Entertainment Trading A.G. See more »
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Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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RSM Sandy Young: That was LUDICROUS, sir. You're jumping from an aeroplane, not a whorehouse window. Do it again.
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A teetotaler for the shoot, Richard Burton was often drinking several cans of Tab. Since it wasn't sold in South Africa, Euan Lloyd had to import 2,000 bottles of the stuff to the location. See more »Goofs
During the Medical Orderlys final scene he runs out of ammo for his Uzi. The weapon, however, doesn't click once but three times which is impossible with a real weapon. All of the three clicks were added post production to enhance the fact to the audience that Witty ran out of ammo. See more »Quotes
[after womanizer Sean Finn fails at a simulated parachute drop]RSM Sandy Young: That was LUDICROUS, sir. You're jumping from an aeroplane, not a whorehouse window. Do it again.
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A splendid old-fashioned action film, with all concerned giving it their best shot.
A few people have objected to the average age of the actors in this film, from Burton to Kenneth Griffiths - but they don't seem to realise that the age of these mercernaries is the point. The Wild Geese is about a generation of men who demobbed from the Army after the Second World War, were unable to make peace work, and who sold their services as soldiers in the world's troublespots to the highest bidder. The late 1970's would have been the time of life that their age at last compromised their work, and the film is a recognition of the last of them.
For me this film is like a beloved childhood toy, kept and never forgotten - when it aired recently on television I just didn't want it to end.
Brilliant, gloriously sentimental and the anti-thesis of PC. 10/10