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MOVIE

The Wild Geese

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1978

134 minutes (2 hrs 14 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Andrew V. McLaglen

Starring

Richard Burton · Roger Moore · Richard Harris · Hardy Kruger · Stewart Granger · Winston Ntshona

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 11th November 1978

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 7th Jul '78
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £603.2 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 13

Chart position history

UK box office

7 Jul, 1978
1

14 Jul, 1978
2

21 Jul, 1978
2

28 Jul, 1978
2

4 Aug, 1978
2

11 Aug, 1978
3

18 Aug, 1978
3

25 Aug, 1978
5

1 Sep, 1978
6

8 Sep, 1978
6

15 Sep, 1978
8

22 Sep, 1978
8

29 Sep, 1978
8

US box office

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£1.7 Million

US total gross
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Global total gross
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Director

Role

Andrew V. McLaglen

Directed By

Roger
Moore

Actor

Character

Richard Burton

Colonel Allen Faulkner

Roger Moore

Lt. Shawn Fynn

Richard Harris

Capt. Rafer Janders

Hardy Kruger

Lt. Pieter Coetzee

Stewart Granger

Sir Edward Matherson

Winston Ntshona

President Julius Limbani

John Kani

Sgt. Jesse Link

Jack Watson

R.S.M. Sandy Young

Frank Finlay

Father Geoghagen

Kenneth Griffith

Arthur Witty

Barry Foster

Thomas Balfour

Ronald Fraser

Jock McTaggart

Ian Yule

Tosh Donaldson

Patrick Allen

Rushton

Rosalind Lloyd

Heather

David Ladd

Sonny Martinelli

Paul Spurrier

Emile Janders

Jeff Corey

Mr. Martin

Brook Williams

Samuels

Percy Herbert

Keith

Glyn Baker

Esposito

Sydney Chama

Clark

Ken Gampu

Alexander

Jane Hylton

Mrs. Marjorie Young

Taks Senekal

East German Officer

Martin Grace

East German Officer

Terry Wells

Cuban Officer

Joe Cole

Derek

Fats Bookholane

Tribal Elder

John Alderson

Randy

Terence Longdon

Anonymous Man

Patrick Holt

Skyjacker

Robert Cunningham

Man on Aircraft

John Dennison

Matherson's butler

Thomas Baptiste

Col. Mboya

Jules Walters

Mboya's ADC

Fred Bryant

Baronet Club manager

Valerie Leon

1st Girl Dealer

Anna Bergman

Sonny's Girlfriend

Jeannie Collings

Sonny's Girlfriend

Colin Abraham

Carpenter

Rod Campbell

Mercenary

Christopher Chittell

Philips

Bob Christo

Body double

Graham Clarke

Gennaro

George Lane Cooper

Mercenary

Richard Cox

Skyjacker 3

Clive Curtis

Randolf

Suzanne Danielle

Girl at Party

Bryan Davis

Hercules Pilot

Eddie Eddon

Mercenary

Anthony Fridjhon

Skyjacker 2

Ryno Hattingh

Finchley

Susan Hunt

Egyptian Girl Flirting with Faulkner

Jazzer Jeyes

Jones

George Leech

Stone

Harry Magnus

Williams

Solly Marx

Mercenary

Tullio Moneta

Tall Mercenary

Maia Newley

Girl at Party

Andre Parnell

Mercenary

Greg Powell

Mercenary

Leslie Schofield

Hitman at Club

Chris Scott

Mercenary

Bob Simmons

Pilot

Len Sparrowhawk

Slate

Gordon Steel

Cavendish

Rocky Taylor

Mercenary

Peter Terry

Mercenary