Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, Switzerland
- Violence
- Mild
The story
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.
- diplomat
- kidnapping
- africa
- mercenary
- private army
- outlaw
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Richard Burton
Col. Allen Faulkner
Richard Harris
Capt. Rafer Janders
Roger Moore
Lt. Shawn Fynn
Hardy Krüger
Lt. Pieter Coetze
- Stewart Granger — Sir Edward Matherson
- John Kani — Sgt. Jesse Blake
- Jack Watson — RSM Sandy Young
- Frank Finlay — Fr. Geoghagen
- Kenneth Griffith — Arthur Witty
- Ronald Fraser — Sgt. Jock McTaggart
- Barry Foster — Thomas Balfour
- Winston Ntshona — Julius Limbani
- Percy Herbert — Keith
- Ian Yule — Tosh Donaldson
- Glyn Baker — Esposito
- Directed
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- Written
- Reginald Rose
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 293 ratings
- Studio
- Richmond Productions, Varius Entertainment Trading A.G.
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