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Director:
James Fargo
Writers:
Phillip Baird (screenplay)
Michael Hartmann (novel)
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Release Date:
September 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
In every war there are those who kill... and those who make a killing!
Plot:
The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Richard Harris ... David Swansey

Richard Roundtree ... Gideon Marunga

Joan Collins ... Nicolle

Ray Milland ... Col. Brettle
Denholm Elliott ... Raglan Thistle
Sven-Bertil Taube ... Larry Prescott (as Sven Bertil Taube)
Ken Gampu ... Sixpence
Tony Osoba ... Daniel Batten
Neil Hallett ... Tony Knight
Mark Singleton ... Sir Benjamin Peckover
Alibe Parsons ... Alice Kamore
Victor Melleney ... Mallan
Jana Cilliers ... Ruth Swansey
John Parsonson ... Peter Swansey
Elaine Proctor ... Brigid
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
113 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
UK:15 (DVD rating) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Norway:16 (video premiere) (1982) | Norway:(Banned) (1980-2003) (cinema release)
Company:
Pyramid Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Top billed Richard Harris turns up 18 minutes in. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The terrorist Gideon Marunga carries an American made M16 assault rifle. Those wishing to "free" Rhodesia in the 1960s and 1970s carried AK 47's and would have had no access to American arms. more

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Disaster, 22 April 2000
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Author: fuzon from London, England

A complete pile of hooey! This is one of the most muddled movies you'll ever see. None of the plot makes any sense, characters come and go without rhyme nor reason (in fact Roundtree is killed at one point and then appears again a few scenes later - and he isn't playing Jesus!). The biggest disappointment is reserved for fans of La Collins - she makes a tiny cameo appearance moments before the end, for no good reason, then the film finishes. Audience breathes a sigh of relief.

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