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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.
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.
Ian Yule was born in the UK some time before the second world war. [2] During his career he was a member of the British Army's Royal Artillery [citation needed], Parachute Regiment [citation needed] and Special Air Service [citation needed] and served in the Korean War, taking part in the Battle of Inchon [citation needed] and Battle of Chosin Reservoir [citation needed], and later served in ...
Finlay portrayed Richard Roundtree's nemesis, Amafi, in the film Shaft in Africa (1973), before playing Porthos for director Richard Lester in The Three Musketeers (also 1973), [1] The Four Musketeers (1975) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989). [1] He appeared in several additional films, including The Wild Geese (1978) [1] and The Key by ...
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 ...
Other notable film roles included the murderous paedophile Seely in Revenge (1971), the gay medic Witty in The Wild Geese (1978) and a whimsical mechanic in The Sea Wolves (1980). [6] [4] He appeared in the episodes "The Girl Who Was Death" and "Fall Out" of the 1967–68 TV series The Prisoner. [5]
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 ]