Released:
1978-06-28

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.

Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen

Runtime:
2h 14min

Genre:
Action

• Cast:
• 
  Richard Burton
  as
  Col. Allen Faulkner
• 
  Richard Harris
  as
  Capt. Rafer Janders
• 
  Roger Moore
  as
  Lt. Shawn Fynn
• 
  Hardy Krüger
  as
  Lt. Pieter Coetze
• 
  Stewart Granger
  as
  Sir Edward Matherson