Movie · 1978
The Wild Geese
Released 28 June 1978 134 min Action More from 1978 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Stewart Granger
as Sir Edward Matherson
Jack Watson
as RSM Sandy Young
Percy Herbert
as Keith
Kenneth Griffith
as Arthur Witty
Terence Longdon
as Anonymous Man
Richard Burton
as Col. Allen Faulkner
Frank Finlay
as Fr. Geoghagen
Patrick Allen
as Rushton
Roger Moore
as Lt. Shawn Fynn
Hardy Krüger
as Lt. Pieter Coetze
Barry Foster
as Thomas Balfour
Jane Hylton
as Mrs Marjorie Young
Thomas Baptiste
as Col. Mboya
Ronald Fraser
as Sgt. Jock McTaggart
Ken Gampu
as Alexander
Richard Harris
as Capt. Rafer Janders
Ian Yule
as Tosh Donaldson
Leslie Schofield
as Hitman
Winston Ntshona
as Julius Limbani
John Kani
as Sgt. Jesse Blake
Valerie Leon
as 1st Girl Dealer
Glyn Baker
as Esposito
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The numbers
44years between the oldest and youngest billed
65Stewart Granger — oldest on the call sheet
21Glyn Baker — youngest billed
48average age of the credited cast