---
title: 'The Dogs of War (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Irvin'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dogs-of-war-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080641/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dogs of War (1980)

1980 · R · 104 min · Drama, Action, War · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Dogs of War is a 1980 action-thriller war film directed by John Irvin and starring Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger and Colin Blakely. Based on Frederick Forsyth's 1974 novel, it follows a small mercenary unit of soldiers privately hired to depose the president of a fictional African country modeled on Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Equatorial Guinea and Angola, so that a British tycoon can gain access to a platinum deposit. Norman Jewison was an executive producer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Irvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-irvin)
- **Screenplay:** [Frederick Forsyth](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-forsyth)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Geoffrey Burgon](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-burgon)
- **Producer:** [Norman Jewison](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-jewison)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff)
- **Editor:** [Antony Gibbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/antony-gibbs)

## Cast

- [Jean-François Stévenin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-stevenin)
- [Paul Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-freeman)
- [Ed O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-o-neill)
- [Christopher Walken](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-walken)
- [JoBeth Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jobeth-williams)
- [Shane Rimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/shane-rimmer)
- [Robert Urquhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-urquhart)
- [Hugh Millais](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-millais)
- [George Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-harris)
- [Pedro Armendáriz Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-armendariz-jr)
- [Winston Ntshona](https://cinepixo.com/people/winston-ntshona)
- [Tom Berenger](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-berenger)
- [Colin Blakely](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-blakely)

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