The Wild Geese (1978)

Directors

Andrew V. McLaglen

Cast

Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger, Winston Ntshone, John Kani, Jack Watson, Frank Finlay, Kenneth Griffith, Barry Fraser, Ronald Fraser

The story

Colonel Allen Faulkner, a former British Army officer turned mercenary, meets with merchant banker Sir Edward Matherson in London. Matherson proposes the rescue of President Julius Limbani, the deposed leader of a southern African nation due for execution by General Ndofa. Limbani is held in a remote prison in Zembala, guarded by a regiment of General Ndofa's troops nicknamed the "Simbas".

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