Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Wild Geese is a 1978 war film starring an ensemble cast led by Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger.The film, which was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, was the result of a long-held ambition of producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film in the vein of The Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare.
The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven.The film, which is based on the 1978 book Boarding Party by James Leasor, is the true story of Operation Creek during the Second World War.
Escape to Athena is a 1979 British adventure comedy war film directed by George P. Cosmatos. It stars Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono and Elliott Gould. The film is set during the Second World War on a German-occupied Greek island. The music was composed by Lalo Schifrin.
Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playing the character in seven feature films: Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981 ...
Harris received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for his role in The Snow Goose (1971). Harris had a number-one singing hit in Australia, Jamaica and Canada, and a top-ten hit in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States with his 1968 recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park".
McLaglen was hired to make an adventure film, The Wild Geese (1978), with Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris. McLaglen said the film " was a whole new start for my career". [ 3 ]
Richard Harris: United States: Western [25] The Mask of Sheba: David Lowell Rich: Walter Pidgeon, Inger Stevens, Eric Braeden, Joseph Wiseman: United States [26] The Moonshine War: Richard Quine: Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, Patrick McGoohan: United States [27] On the Comet: Karel Zeman: Magdaléna Vášáryová, Emil Horváth: Czechoslovakia
The movie was originally titled The Unknown Battle and was to have starred Stephen Boyd and Elke Sommer and be written by Ben Barzman. [6] Later, Anthony Perkins was announced as a star, though he withdrew. [7] Eventually Kirk Douglas signed as the lead. [8] Cliff Robertson was mentioned as a possible co-star before Richard Harris came on board ...