The Wild Geese (Original title)Die Wildgänse kommen (Alternative title)
Dates: 1978 (Copyright), 06 July 1978 (Release)Countries: Switzerland, United KingdomDirected by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Synopsis: Colonel Faulkner, an experienced mercenary, is engaged by a banker to rescue a deposed leader of a central African state from the hands of a corrupt dictator. He co-opts his former colleagues and they succeed in their mission only to be double-crossed by the banker.
Genre: War
Subjects: Mercenaries, Central Africa
Releases
Date: 06 July 1978Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 134 mins Length: 12060 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Date: 11 November 1978Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 134 mins Length: 12073 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: August 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 128 mins 58 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Video
Title: Euan Lloyd: the ties that bind part 3: the big pictureAuthor: MCSHARRY, Mac Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with producer Euan Lloyd about the making of The WILD GEESE and The SEA WOLVES.
In: Sight and Sound v14 n8 August 2004 Page: 79
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Music from the Movies n24 Summer 1999 Page: 33
Title: Film music review: old filmsAuthor: KEECH, Andrew Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n124 October 1999 Page: 148
Title: Videos to buyAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v46 n542 March 1979 Page: 60
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v46 n542 March 1979: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Addenda.
In: Films and Filming v24 n11 August 1978 Page: 36
Title: [Films and Filming - v24 n11 August 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v45 n534 July 1978 Pages: 145-146
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v45 n534 July 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v24 n10 July 1978 Pages: 38-39
Title: [Films and Filming - v24 n10 July 1978: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Stills & credits.
In: Screen Digest October 1978 Page: 196
Title: [Screen Digest - October 1978: no known title]Language: English
Description: Entry on STARS WAR/a promotionalfilm on the production and location in S. Africa.
In: Screen International n147 15 Jul 1978 Page: 21
Title: [Screen International - n147 15 Jul 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v7 n83 July 1978 Page: 408
Title: [Films Illustrated - v7 n83 July 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 May 1978 Page: 27
Title: [Variety - 24 May 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n8 August 1978 Pages: 30-31
Title: [Film Review - v28 n8 August 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v254 n3 7 Nov 1978 Page: 3, 13
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v254 n3 7 Nov 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinéaste v9 n2 Winter 1978/79 Pages: Winter 50-51
Title: [Cinéaste - v9 n2 Winter 1978/79: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n120 7 Jan 1978 Page: 15
Title: [Screen International - n120 7 Jan 1978: no known title]Language: English
Description: On setting up the production.
In: Screen International n108 8 Oct 1977 Page: 26
Title: [Screen International - n108 8 Oct 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: The Hollywood Reporter v249 n18 5 Dec 1977 Page: 10
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v249 n18 5 Dec 1977: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12075 FeetBFI identifier: C-619157
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12322 FeetBFI identifier: C-938132
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4842 FeetBFI identifier: C-619158
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-604988
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
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Description: 1-inch (unspecified)Line standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-866208
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-604988
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
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Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4811 FeetBFI identifier: C-938151
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4842 FeetBFI identifier: C-619158
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12113 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-938135
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12075 FeetBFI identifier: C-619157
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12322 FeetBFI identifier: C-938132
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1899 FeetBFI identifier: C-938157
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1978 (Copyright), 06 July 1978 (Release)Countries: Switzerland, United KingdomDirected by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Synopsis: Colonel Faulkner, an experienced mercenary, is engaged by a banker to rescue a deposed leader of a central African state from the hands of a corrupt dictator. He co-opts his former colleagues and they succeed in their mission only to be double-crossed by the banker.
Genre: War
Subjects: Mercenaries, Central Africa
Releases
Date: 06 July 1978Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 134 mins Length: 12060 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Date: 11 November 1978Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 134 mins Length: 12073 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: August 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 128 mins 58 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Video
Credits
(57)
©: Varius Entertainment Trading Company A.G., Production Company: Richmond Film Productions (West) Ltd., Produced by: Euan Lloyd, Co-producer: Douglas Netter, Associate Producer: Chris Chrisafis, Production Associate: Scot Finch, Production Manager: Norman Foster, Production Supervisor: Harold Buck, Production Liaision: Ronnie Bear, Production Accountant: Maureen Newman, Unit/Location Manager: Ray Freeborn, [Production Assistant]: Barbara Back, [Production Secretary]: Debi Nethersole, 2nd Unit Director: John Glen, Assistant Director: Derek Cracknell, Continuity: June Randall, Casting Director: Rose Tobias Shaw, Screenplay by: Reginald Rose, [Screenplay by]: Dudley Lovell, Based on the novel 'The Wild Geese' by: Daniel Carney, Photographed by: Jack Hildyard, Special Photography: Tony Braun, 2nd Unit Cameraman/Operator: Dudley Lovell, Camera Operator: Jimmy Bawden, [Assistant Camera]: Buster Reynolds, Gaffer: John Fenner, Associate Gaffer: Robin Wilter, Stills Photographer: Graham Attwood, Special Effects: Kit West, Film Editor: John Glen, Assembly Editor: John Grover, Production Designed by: Syd Cain, Art Director: Bob Bell, Set Director: Simon Wakefield, [2nd Unit Construction Manager]: Ray Wilson, Costume Supervisor: Elsa Fennell, Make-up: Ron Berkeley, Make-up: Paul Engelen, Make-up: Richard Mills, Make-up: Neville Smallwood, Main Title Designed by: Maurice Binder, Colour by: Rank Film Laboratories, Music: Roy Budd, Sound Recordist: Gordon Everett, Dubbing Mixer: Gerry Humphreys, Sound Editor: Allan Sones, Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Sound Editor: Dino Di Campo, Action Arranger: Bob Simmons, Military & Technical Advisor: Mike Hoare, Flying Sequences and Aerial Advisor: Dick Hilland, Parachute Jump Master: Richard Charter, Publicity: Brian Doyle, Lenses and Panaflex Camera by: Panavision, Catering: Ron Mull, Filmed at: Twickenham Studios
Cast
(78)
Richard Burton (Colonel Allen Faulkner), Roger Moore (Lt. Shawn Fynn), Richard Harris (Captain Rafer Janders), Hardy Kruger (Lt. Pieter Coetzee), Jeff Corey (Mr. Martin), Frank Finlay (Father Geoghagen), Barry Foster (Balfour), Ronald Fraser (Jock), Kenneth Griffith (Witty), John Kani (Sgt. Jesse), David Ladd (Sonny), Rosalind Lloyd (Heather), Winston Ntshona (President Julius Limbani), Jack Watson (RSM Sandy Young), Brook Williams (Samuels), Ian Yule (Tosh), Patrick Allen (Rushton), Percy Herbert (Keith), Jane Hylton (Mrs. Young), Paul Spurrier (Emile), Glyn Baker (Esposito), Stewart Granger (Sir Edward Matherson), Sydney Chama (Clark), Ken Gampu (Alexander), Taks Senckal, Martin Grace (East German officer), Joe Cole (Derek), Fats Bookholane (tribal elder), John Alderson (Randy), Terence Longdon (anonymous man), Patrick Holt (sky jacker), Robert Cunningham (man on aircraft), John Dennison (Butler to Matherson), Thomas Baptiste (colonel Mboya), Jules Walter (Mboya's aide), Fred Bryant (manager of Baronet Club), Valerie Leon (1st girl dealer), Anna Bergman, Joanna Collings (Sonny's girlfriend), Jazzer Jeyes (Jones), Graham Clarke (Gennaro), Gordon Steel (Cavendish), Harry Magnus (Williams), Ryno Hattingh (Finchley), De Wet Van Rooyen (Haigh), Chris Gibbons (Ballard), Trevor Lloyd (Robertson), Len Sparrowhawk (Slate), Colin Abraham (Carpenter), George Leech (Stone), Chris Chittel (Philips), James Bailey (West), Bernard Nathanson (Smith), Ernst Briemle (Taffy), Clive Curtis (Randolf), Rocky Taylor, Greg Powell, Martin Grace, George Cooper, Eddie Eddon, Chris Le Roux, Solly Marx, Derek Botha, Roy Magnusson, Peter Terry, Tullio Moneta, Chris Scott, Blayne Knox, André Parnell, Malcolm Lolly, Mickey Lamton, T. Elysee, Jerry De Goede, Alan Poulton , Gerry Vermeulen, Rod Campbell (mercenary), Terry Wells (Cuban), Suzanne Danielle ([cast])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(18)
In: Cinema Retro v1 n3 Autumn 2005 Pages: 56-59Title: Euan Lloyd: the ties that bind part 3: the big pictureAuthor: MCSHARRY, Mac Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with producer Euan Lloyd about the making of The WILD GEESE and The SEA WOLVES.
In: Sight and Sound v14 n8 August 2004 Page: 79
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Music from the Movies n24 Summer 1999 Page: 33
Title: Film music review: old filmsAuthor: KEECH, Andrew Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n124 October 1999 Page: 148
Title: Videos to buyAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v46 n542 March 1979 Page: 60
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v46 n542 March 1979: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Addenda.
In: Films and Filming v24 n11 August 1978 Page: 36
Title: [Films and Filming - v24 n11 August 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v45 n534 July 1978 Pages: 145-146
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v45 n534 July 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v24 n10 July 1978 Pages: 38-39
Title: [Films and Filming - v24 n10 July 1978: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Stills & credits.
In: Screen Digest October 1978 Page: 196
Title: [Screen Digest - October 1978: no known title]Language: English
Description: Entry on STARS WAR/a promotionalfilm on the production and location in S. Africa.
In: Screen International n147 15 Jul 1978 Page: 21
Title: [Screen International - n147 15 Jul 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v7 n83 July 1978 Page: 408
Title: [Films Illustrated - v7 n83 July 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 May 1978 Page: 27
Title: [Variety - 24 May 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n8 August 1978 Pages: 30-31
Title: [Film Review - v28 n8 August 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v254 n3 7 Nov 1978 Page: 3, 13
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v254 n3 7 Nov 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinéaste v9 n2 Winter 1978/79 Pages: Winter 50-51
Title: [Cinéaste - v9 n2 Winter 1978/79: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n120 7 Jan 1978 Page: 15
Title: [Screen International - n120 7 Jan 1978: no known title]Language: English
Description: On setting up the production.
In: Screen International n108 8 Oct 1977 Page: 26
Title: [Screen International - n108 8 Oct 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: The Hollywood Reporter v249 n18 5 Dec 1977 Page: 10
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v249 n18 5 Dec 1977: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Accessible materials to view(4)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12075 FeetBFI identifier: C-619157
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12322 FeetBFI identifier: C-938132
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4842 FeetBFI identifier: C-619158
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-604988
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(2)
Description: 1-inch (unspecified)Line standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-866208
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-604988
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(6)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4811 FeetBFI identifier: C-938151
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4842 FeetBFI identifier: C-619158
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12113 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-938135
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12075 FeetBFI identifier: C-619157
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 12322 FeetBFI identifier: C-938132
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1899 FeetBFI identifier: C-938157
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film