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The film is a sequel to the 1978 film The Wild Geese, which was also produced by Euan Lloyd and adapted from a novel by Carney. Richard Burton , who starred in the first film as Colonel Allen Faulkner, was planning to reprise his role, but died days before filming began.
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.
Paul Spurrier (born 23 May 1967 Suffolk) is a British former child actor on stage, television, and film, and a screenwriter and film director.He appeared in more than thirty different roles, with credits including Anna Karenina and The Lost Boys for the BBC, Tales of the Unexpected for Anglia Television, and the feature film The Wild Geese as Richard Harris's son Emile.
Harris was sued by the film's producer for his drinking; Harris counter-sued for defamation and the matter was settled out of court. [17] Golden Rendezvous was a flop but The Wild Geese (1978), where Harris played one of several mercenaries, was a big success outside America. [18] Ravagers (1979) was more action, set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Returning to the UK in 1953, Allen made his film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954). He subsequently appeared in character roles in many films, including Captain Clegg , The Wild Geese , The Sea Wolves , Puppet on a Chain , and Who Dares Wins . [ 2 ]
The Wild Geese, a Japanese film based on the novel by Mori Ogai; The Temple of Wild Geese, a 1962 Japanese film directed by Yūzō Kawashima; The Wild Geese, a 1978 British mercenary war film based on Carney's novel Wild Geese II, a 1985 sequel to the above; Code Name: Wild Geese, a 1980 Italian mercenary war film; Wild Geese (video ballad), a ...
Her popularity with horror film buffs kept her in demand for guest appearances at horror conventions and film festivals. Other films in which Pitt has appeared outside the horror genre are: Who Dares Wins (1982) (or The Final Option), Wild Geese II (1985) and Hanna's War (1988). Generally cast as a villainess, her characters often died horribly ...
It was adapted as the 1985 film Wild Geese II. [1] After the success of his novel, The Wild Geese (1977) (originally titled The Thin White Line), Carney was asked by producer Euan Lloyd to write a follow-up. Lloyd had already turned The Thin White Line into the hit movie The Wild Geese, and was constantly being asked to make a sequel. At first ...