The Wild Geese

The Wild Geese

1978 · 134 min · EN · R · 6.8 (282 votes)
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen · Starring Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger, John Kani · Music Roy Budd · The Wild Geese Collection
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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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A band of aging mercenaries faces betrayal and a desperate fight for survival in a hostile African landscape. Expect rugged action, camaraderie tested by double-crosses, and a gritty, no-nonsense approach to survival.

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