I 4 dell'oca selvaggia

Titolo originale: The Wild Geese
Regia: Andrew V. McLaglen |
Anno: 1978
Origine: United Kingdom | Switzerland |
Generi: Azione
Tag: diplomat | kidnapping | africa | mercenary | private army | outlaw |
Cast: Richard Burton | Richard Harris | Roger Moore | Hardy Krüger | Stewart Granger | John Kani | Jack Watson | Frank Finlay | Kenneth Griffith | Ronald Fraser | Barry Foster | Winston Ntshona | Percy Herbert | Ian Yule | Glyn Baker | Paul Spurrier | Rosalind Lloyd | David Ladd | Jeff Corey | Patrick Allen | Brook Williams | Valerie Leon | Leslie Schofield | Jane Hylton | Sydney Chama | Ken Gampu | Patrick Holt | Terence Longdon | John Dennison | Thomas Baptiste | Jules Walters | Christopher Chittell | Graham Clarke | Fred Bryant | Anna Bergman | Suzanne Danielle | Richard Graydon | Greg Powell |

Il colonnello di ventura Allen Faulkner viene chiamato dal londinese affarista sir Edward Matherson che, promettendo un forte compenso, lo incarica di liberare Limbani, già presidente di uno Stato africano e ora prigioniero del golpista Zembala. Il Faulkner si attornia di tre fidati collaboratori: il ten. Shawn Fynn, il cap. Rafer Janders, il ten. Pieter Koetzee; quindi arruola una cinquantina di uomini che vengono minuziosamente addestrati da Sandy Young. La spedizione, trasportata nelle vicinanze del campo di prigionia, risolve brillantemente l'impresa della liberazione. Tuttavia, l'aereo inviato per il recupero di Limbani e dei mercenari non atterra perchè sir Edward, che nel frattempo ha combinato lo sfruttamento delle miniere di rame appetite con lo stesso Zembala, ha dato ordine di abbandonare alla reazione dei simba dell'usurpatore sia Faulkner che tutti i suoi.

Frasi

Medical Orderly Arthur Witty: [defending a retreat [...] D
RSM Sandy Young: Get up Samuels: I can't, sir. I' [...] D
Faulkner: There is a clause in all of my contracts [...] D
Julius Limbani: The man is dead, Mr. Faulkner. Now [...] D
Faulkner: Thirty men in the valley of the shadow, [...] D
[as the enemy attacks] Esposito: We're dead! RSM [...] D
Lt. Shawn Fynn: I may have a job for you. Lt. Pie [...] D
RSM Sandy Young: "Get on your feet, you fuckin' ab [...] D
Faulkner: Sandy? RSM Sandy Young: Sir! Faulkner: [...] D
Faulkner: [after the parachute drop] Shawn, how go [...] D
RSM Sandy Young: Sir! With respect, you can stick [...] D
Faulkner: All right. You've got the job. Medical [...] D
Fr. Geoghagen, the Priest: Good luck to you, you G [...] D
Faulkner: What do I call you? SIR Edward? Sir Edw [...] D
Sir Edward Matherson: You drink whisky I take it, [...] D
Lt. Shawn Fynn: That's one of the most moving bene [...] D
Faulkner: Jesse, I'm glad to got my wire. Sgt. Je [...] D
Faulkner: I'm dry when I work. Sir Edward Mathers [...] D
RSM Sandy Young: Some of you know me already! Thos [...] D
Keith: Who are you leaving your money to, Queenie? [...] D
Faulkner: Let's talk about your father. D
Lt. Shawn Fynn: [referring to the radio callsigns [...] D
[after womanizer Sean Finn fails at a simulated pa [...] D
Sgt. Jock McTaggart: I just like to fight, with we [...] D
Lt. Shawn Fynn: That's the best news I've had sinc [...] D
Lt. Pieter Coetze: We whites have carried you peop [...] D
Sir Edward Matherson: [laughing] Well, then I supp [...] D
Lt. Pieter Coetze: [in advance of the mission, the [...] D
Faulkner: Is your wife at home? RSM Sandy Young: [...] D
Lt. Shawn Fynn: [forcing a punk to eat heroin] I h [...] D
Capt. Rafer Janders: Father Geoghagen... my God... [...] D