The Wild Geese (1978)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 1978-06-28
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
- Runtime: 2h 14m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 295 votes
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.
Top cast
- Richard Burton as Col. Allen Faulkner
- Richard Harris as Capt. Rafer Janders
- Roger Moore as Lt. Shawn Fynn
- Hardy Krüger as Lt. Pieter Coetze
- Stewart Granger as Sir Edward Matherson
- John Kani as Sgt. Jesse Blake
- Jack Watson as RSM Sandy Young
- Frank Finlay as Fr. Geoghagen
- Kenneth Griffith as Arthur Witty
- Ronald Fraser as Sgt. Jock McTaggart
Where to watch The Wild Geese
- United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Bloodstream, Cineverse Amazon Channel; watch free on FlixHouse, Darkroom, Fawesome, Bloodstream, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel, Filmzie, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Cineverse, Xumo Play, Amazon MX Player; rent on Apple TV Store, FlixFling; buy on Apple TV Store, FlixFling
- United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Rakuten TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Plex, Amazon MX Player; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- Canada: stream on FlixFling, Bloodstream; watch free on Bloodstream, Filmzie, Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, FlixFling; buy on Apple TV Store, FlixFling
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