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Game for Vultures (1979)
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September 1980 (USA)
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Tagline:
In every war there are those who kill... and those who make a killing!
Plot:
The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man. | add synopsis
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Cave
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Arms Dealer
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Dead Girl
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Harris | ... | David Swansey |
 | Richard Roundtree | ... | Gideon Marunga |
 | Joan Collins | ... | Nicolle |
 | Ray Milland | ... | Col. Brettle |
 | Denholm Elliott | ... | Raglan Thistle |
| Sven-Bertil Taube | ... | Larry Prescott (as Sven Bertil Taube) |
| Ken Gampu | ... | Sixpence |
| Tony Osoba | ... | Daniel Batten |
| Neil Hallett | ... | Tony Knight |
| Mark Singleton | ... | Sir Benjamin Peckover |
| Alibe Parsons | ... | Alice Kamore |
| Victor Melleney | ... | Mallan |
| Jana Cilliers | ... | Ruth Swansey |
| John Parsonson | ... | Peter Swansey |
| Elaine Proctor | ... | Brigid |
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113 min
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UK:15 (DVD rating) |
UK:18 (re-rating) (1986) |
UK:X (original rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
USA:R |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:16 (video premiere) (1982) |
Norway:(Banned) (1980-2003) (cinema release)
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Mervyn Johns was going to in this project but was replaced before filming.
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Factual errors: The terrorist Gideon Marunga carries an American made M16 assault rifle. Those wishing to "free" Rhodesia in the 1960s and 1970s carried AK 47's and would have had no access to American arms.
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| Good film but still does not quite make it | Poveka-Saidulu |
| I would like to see more on this war? | trigormike |
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A complete pile of hooey! This is one of the most muddled movies you'll ever see. None of the plot makes any sense, characters come and go without rhyme nor reason (in fact Roundtree is killed at one point and then appears again a few scenes later - and he isn't playing Jesus!). The biggest disappointment is reserved for fans of La Collins - she makes a tiny cameo appearance moments before the end, for no good reason, then the film finishes. Audience breathes a sigh of relief.