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The Wild Geese

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.

2h 14m1978RTMDb 6.8

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

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.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
28 June 1978
Runtime
2h 14m
Rating
R
TMDB score
6.8 / 10 (299 votes)

Production

Studios
Richmond Productions, Varius Entertainment Trading A.G.
Countries
United Kingdom

Box Office

Budget
$11.6M
Revenue
$9.9M
Profit
$1.7M loss
Return
0.9×
Collection
The Wild Geese Collection

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English