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.| Status: | Released (1978-06-28) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 1 nomination total |
| Screen: | Reginald Rose, Daniel Carney |
| Productions: | Richmond Productions, Varius Entertainment Trading A.G. |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, Switzerland |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
Casts
- 5341: Richard Burton - Col. Allen Faulkner
- 194: Richard Harris - Capt. Rafer Janders
- 10222: Roger Moore - Lt. Shawn Fynn
- 37777: Hardy Krüger - Lt. Pieter Coetze
- 41235: Stewart Granger - Sir Edward Matherson
- 51878: John Kani - Sgt. Jesse Blake
- 47549: Jack Watson - RSM Sandy Young
Crews
- 51882: Euan Lloyd - Producer - Production
- 51875: Andrew V. McLaglen - Director - Directing
- 51876: Daniel Carney - Novel - Writing
- 5246: Reginald Rose - Screenplay - Writing
- 51883: Roy Budd - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 12242: Jack Hildyard - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1166842: Bob Simmons - Stunts - Crew
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Reviews
Per Gunnar Jonsson
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Yesterday we sat down to watch another oldie that I had seen when I was younger quite some years ago. I remember this movie being quite high on my list of movies that I appreciated as a kid so when I saw it coming it on Blu-ray I had to get it. It is still a decent film but I remembe ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
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The man is dead, Mr. Faulkner. Now only the spirit remains. Marvellously macho, a men on a mission movie proudly proclaiming that the old adage is indeed true, there is life in the old dog(s) yet. A notable cast of British and Irish thespians were rounded up and unleashed into a ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Stewart Granger hires Richard Burton's "Col. Faulkner" to put together a crack team, money no object, to fly to southern Africa and rescue the deposed president "Limbani" (Winston Ntshona). Meantime, his erstwhile colleague, poor old Roger Moore ("Flynn") in on the run from the Londo ....
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