The Wild Geese (1978)
Overview
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.
Where to watch The Wild Geese
| Country | Stream | Rent | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, Midnight Pulp, Bloodstream +1 | Apple TV, FlixFling | Apple TV, FlixFling |
| United Kingdom | Amazon Prime Video | Apple TV, Amazon Video | Apple TV, Amazon Video |
| Canada | FlixFling, Bloodstream | Apple TV, FlixFling | Apple TV, FlixFling |
| Ireland | Amazon Prime Video | — | — |
| Germany | — | Apple TV, Amazon Video | Apple TV, Amazon Video |
| France | Molotov TV, Action Max | — | — |
| Brazil | Oldflix | — | — |
| Japan | FOD | — | — |
| South Korea | wavve, Watcha | wavve | — |
| Sweden | — | Apple TV, SF Anytime, Amazon Video | Apple TV, SF Anytime, Amazon Video |
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What is The Wild Geese about?
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. The Wild Geese is a Action, Adventure, Thriller, War movie, released on 1978-06-28, runtime 134 minutes.
Is The Wild Geese worth watching?
TMDB users rate The Wild Geese 6.8 out of 10 from 299 ratings. Reception is mixed-to-positive.
Where can I watch The Wild Geese?
In the United States, The Wild Geese streams on Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling and Midnight Pulp and can be rented from Apple TV and FlixFling. The table on this page lists 9 more countries. Movie World also lists the official trailer, online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen
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
- Barry Foster as Thomas Balfour
- Winston Ntshona as Julius Limbani
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Sources
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