---
title: 'The Wild Geese (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrew V. McLaglen'
released: '1978-06-28'
runtime_minutes: 131
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wild-geese-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078492/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Wild Geese (1978)

1978 · 131 min · Drama, War · Australia, United Kingdom, Switzerland


## Synopsis

The Wild Geese is a 1978 British war action film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, and starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger as a British mercenary unit in Sub-Saharan Africa. The screenplay by Reginald Rose was based on Daniel Carney's then-unpublished novel The Thin White Line. Carney's novel was subsequently published under the film's title to coincide with its release.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrew V. McLaglen](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-v-mclaglen)
- **Screenplay:** [Reginald Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-rose)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Budd](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-budd)
- **Producer:** [Euan Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/euan-lloyd)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Hildyard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hildyard)
- **Editor:** [John Glen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-glen)

## Cast

- [Percy Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-herbert)
- [Kenneth Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-griffith)
- [Richard Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-harris)
- [Patrick Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-allen)
- [Jack Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-watson)
- [Frank Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-finlay)
- [Hardy Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hardy-kruger)
- [Barry Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-foster)
- [Winston Ntshona](https://cinepixo.com/people/winston-ntshona)
- [Ronald Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-fraser)
- [Richard Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-burton)
- [Roger Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-moore) as Lieutenant Shaun Fynn
- [Valerie Leon](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-leon)
- [Stewart Granger](https://cinepixo.com/people/stewart-granger)
- [Jeff Corey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-corey)

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