The Wild Geese

Name: The Wild Geese
Genre: Action
Released: 1978-06-28
Rating: 3.72
Cast: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger

Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: June 28, 1978

Runtime: 134 minutes

Genres: Action

Original Language: EN

Rating: ⭐ 6.8/10 (271 votes)

The Wild Geese Collection

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.
Wild Geese II
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.