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In “The Wild Geese,” for example, we observe the following formula: A mercenary soldier (Richard Burton) is hired to parachute into an African nation and rescue the captive head of a populist political movement.
Jun 16, 2016 · A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African president from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.
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The Wild Geese is a 1978 war film starring an ensemble cast led by Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger. The film, which was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, was the result of a long-held ambition of producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film in the vein of The Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare.
Lt. Pieter Coetzee (Hardy Krüger), is a South African mercenary who only wants to return to his homeland and buy a farm, but can barely afford to pay his rent in London. Captain Rafer Janders (Richard Harris) is hired as an experienced mission planner.
by Rachel Field. Something told the wild geese. It was time to go. Though the fields lay golden. Something whispered,—‘Snow.’. Leaves were green and stirring, Berries, luster-glossed, But beneath warm feathers. Something cautioned,—‘Frost.’.
The movie's breakneck-paced conclusion finds the Geese incurring major losses against a seemingly insurmountable army as Roger Moore's Sean Flynn attempts to use an aging airplane as a rescue vehicle.
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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.
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