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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.

Credits

The Wild Geese Cast

Name Character
Richard Harris He was 48, 72 years old when he died as Capt. Rafer Janders
Roger Moore He was 51, 89 years old when he died as Lt. Shawn Fynn
Frank Finlay He was 52, 89 years old when he died as Fr. Geoghagen
Hardy Krüger He was 50, now 96 years old as Lt. Pieter Coetze
Ronald Fraser He was 48, 66 years old when he died as Sgt. Jock McTaggart
Stewart Granger He was 65, 80 years old when he died as Sir Edward Matherson
Jane Hylton She was 51, 51 years old when she died as Mrs Marjorie Young
Richard Burton He was 53, 58 years old when he died as Col. Allen Faulkner
Suzanne Danielle She was 21, now 67 years old as Girl at party (uncredited)
Anna Bergman She was 30, now 75 years old as Sonny's Girlfriend
Leslie Schofield She was 39, now 85 years old as Hitman
Percy Herbert He was 58, 72 years old when he died as Keith
Valerie Leon She was 34, now 80 years old as 1st Girl Dealer
John Kani He was 35, now 81 years old as Sgt. Jesse Blake
Jeff Corey He was 64, 88 years old when he died as Mr Martin
David Ladd He was 31, now 77 years old as Sonny Martinelli
Terence Longdon He was 56, 88 years old when he died as Anonymous Man
Barry Foster He was 51, 74 years old when he died as Thomas Balfour
Ken Gampu He was 49, 74 years old when he died as Alexander
Patrick Holt She was 66, 81 years old when she died as Skyjacker
Thomas Baptiste He was 49, 89 years old when he died as Col. Mboya
Kenneth Griffith He was 57, 84 years old when he died as Arthur Witty
Jack Watson He was 63, 84 years old when he died as RSM Sandy Young
Paul Spurrier He was 11, now 56 years old as Emile Janders
Brook Williams He was 40, 67 years old when he died as Samuels
Winston Ntshona He was 37, now 82 years old as Julius Limbani
Rosalind Lloyd She was 25, now 71 years old as Heather
Glyn Baker as Esposito
Ian Yule He was 47, now 93 years old as Tosh Donaldson
John Dennison He was 0, now 45 years old as Matherson's Butler

The Wild Geese Crew

Name Department
Reginald Rose as Screenplay. He was 57 (81) years old when He died Writing
Daniel Carney as Novel. He was 34 (43) years old when He died Writing
Euan Lloyd as Producer. He was 54 (92) years old when He died Production
Roy Budd as Original Music Composer. He was 31 (46) years old when He died Sound
Andrew V. McLaglen as Director. He was 58 (94) years old when He died Directing
John Glen as Editor. He was 46 (now 91) years old Editing
Jack Hildyard as Director of Photography. He was 70 (81) years old when He died Camera
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The Wild Geese (45 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, July 05, 1978
  • Runtime: 134 minutes
  • Budget: 11600000.00
  • Revenue: 9884149.00