The Wild Geese Collection

Number of Movies: 2

Overview

The Wild Geese is a British 1978 adventure film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen about a group of mercenaries in Africa. Euan Lloyd produced a sequel Wild Geese II (1985), based on the novel Square Circle, also by Daniel Carney.

Featured Cast

Scott Glenn

John Haddad

Barbara Carrera

Kathy Lukas

Edward Fox

Alex Faulkner

Laurence Olivier

Rudolf Hess

Robert Webber

Robert McCann

Robert Freitag

Stroebling

Kenneth Haigh

Col. Reed-Henry

Stratford Johns

Mustapha El Ali

John Terry

Michael

Featured Crew

2 Movies

The Wild Geese

June 28, 1978

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

October 18, 1985

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

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