The Wild Geese

Name: The Wild Geese
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Released: 1978
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger

1978 · 134 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 14,868 VOTES · DIR. Andrew V. McLaglen

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,469 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:50 Colonel Faulkner

00:06:37 Any questions?

00:10:26 - back in the States. - Have you finished?

00:14:01 Oh! Not all of the neighbours are deaf.

00:17:03 These are beautiful.

00:20:29 Don't you think?

00:23:52 Don't worry.

00:28:01 You're going to parachute in?

00:31:52 Let me invite you in, Sir.

00:35:01 - Your wife know you're here? - No sir, she'd do her nut

00:38:09 It's Christmas, we were going to have 3 more weeks together.

00:42:06 Captain Janders.

00:45:40 We'll have to keep an eye on him.

00:49:34 - Who are you leaving your money to, Queenie? - Well, if it's any of your business

01:04:36 Mr Limbani, I'm Faulkner. Just lie there.

01:11:18 I have you in sight. We're commencing descent.

01:15:27 Zambia's too far.

01:22:23 How many men have we got left, Sandy?

01:27:11 and the final bloodbath is coming, between blacks and whites

01:35:48 Don't die.

01:40:56 I told them to bear their spears and wait

01:48:54 We have to wait for Sandy and the group.

01:57:01 We're going to need positive proof that you're on board.

02:02:38 You owe me a great deal of money.

Cast & Characters

Richard Burton Colonel Allen Faulkner Roger Moore Lt. Shawn Fynn Richard Harris Capt. Rafer Janders Hardy Krüger Lt. Pieter Coetzee Stewart Granger Sir Edward Matherson Winston Ntshona President Julius Limbani John Kani Sgt. Jesse Link Jack Watson R.S.M. Sandy Young Frank Finlay Father Geoghagen Kenneth Griffith Arthur Witty

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,469

Dialogue density11.0 lines / min

First line00:02:50

Final line02:02:38

Production Record

DirectorAndrew V. McLaglen

LanguageEnglish

Budget$11,600,000

Revenue$9,900,000

IMDb votes14,868