The Wild Geese

Overview

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.

Release Date

28 June 1978

134 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Col. Allen Faulkner
Capt. Rafer Janders
Lt. Shawn Fynn
Lt. Pieter Coetze
Sir Edward Matherson
Sgt. Jesse Blake
RSM Sandy Young
Fr. Geoghagen
Arthur Witty
Sgt. Jock McTaggart
Thomas Balfour
Julius Limbani