Game for Vultures (1979)

The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man.

Director:

James Fargo

Writers:

Phillip Baird (screenplay), Michael Hartmann (novel)

Stars:

Richard Harris, Richard Roundtree, Joan Collins

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

Storyline

The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man.

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Plot Keywords:

kidnapping | children | murder | blood | explosion | 

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Taglines:

In every war there are those who kill... and those who make a killing!

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Agrioi gypes

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pyramid Films, Caris Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Stereo)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mervyn Johns was going to in this project but was replaced before filming.

User Reviews

An international mishmash!

This was one of the last International Co-production made in the 70's, and it is easy to see why it sat on the shelf and was never released in the U.S! It has way too many subplots, and many of the plots gets interconencted with others, thus adding confusion! Great music score, great photography cannot save this rather tedious film with absolutely NO sympathetic characters whatsoever! Roundtree kept losing his South African accent many times during the film! In fact most of the characters wind up trying to kill each other, and you kind of wish they do! And the ending actually undermines the whole film! It isnt even a good time waster! Definitely the last of these European international co-productions from the 70's!