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Mood:
- ExcitingRoughSuspenseful
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Plot:
- Head of StateHostagesSoldierBetrayalDaring RescuePoliticsRescueTerrorism more...
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Genres:
- ActionAdventureThrillerWar
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century70s
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Place:
- AfricaEnglandEuropeLondon
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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The Wild Geese, 1978
English
UK, Switzerland
Profile of The Wild Geese
The mood of The Wild Geese is exciting, rough, and suspenseful. The plot centers around a head of state, political corruption, and social decay. It is an action, adventure, and thriller movie. In approach, The Wild Geese is serious and realistic. The setting is Africa and London. It happens in the 20th century. The Wild Geese is based on a book. It is especially suggested for a boys' night.
Summary of The Wild Geese
A British industrialist recruits a group of mercenaries to penetrate the African wilderness and rescue a deposed political leader awaiting execution at the hands of a military despot. While the prisoner is a man with noble visions of racial reform, the industrialist who's financing the operation cares only about his own business interests. When the rescue mission is no longer to his advantage, the businessman decides to alter the course of events -- setting off an explosion of violence.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, Switzerland |
| Release date: | 11 November 1978 |
| Runtime: | 134 min |
Cast and Crew
as Col. Allen Faulkner
as Lt. Shawn Fynn
as Capt. Rafer Janders
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