Wild-goose chase
Wild- goose chase or wild goose chase may refer to:
USS Wild Goose (SP-562)
USS "Wild Goose" (SP-562) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1920.
"Wild Goose" was built as a wooden-hulled civilian screw steamer of the same name by the Gas Engine and Power Company and Charles L. Seabury Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York, in 1913 to a design by Charles L. Seabury.
On 21 April 1917, the U.S. Navy took delivery of her from her owner, Charles L. Harding of Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol craft during World War I. After fitting out for naval use, she was commissioned as USS "Wild Goose" (SP-562) on 25 June 1917.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District, "Wild Goose" carried out patrol duties in northern New England until transferred to the 5th Naval District in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area at an unrecorded date.
She is known to have been operating in the 5th Naval District in November 1918.
The Navy retained "Wild Goose" after the end of
World War I. She is known to have been stationed at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. as of 1 October 1919.
On 21 June 1920, the Navy loaned her to the City of Norfolk, Virginia, which later returned her to the Navy.
The Navy placed "Wild Goose" on the sale list on 24 August 1920.
She was sold on 17 November 1920.
"Wild Goose" should not be confused with another section patrol vessel, , which was in commission at the same time.
The Wild Goose Chase (1915 film)
The Wild Goose Chase is a 1915 American comedy-drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
The film was written by DeMille's brother William and starred Ina Claire. "
The Wild Goose Chase" is now considered a lost film.
The Wild Geese
The Wild Geese is a 1978 British- Swiss war film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Krüger.
The screenplay concerns a group of mercenaries in Africa.
It was the result of a long- held ambition of its producer Euan Lloyd to make an all- star adventure film similar to" The Guns of Navarone" or" Where Eagles Dare".
The same producer and director were later responsible for" The Sea Wolves".
The screenplay by Reginald Rose was based on an unpublished novel titled" The Thin White Line" by Daniel Carney.
The film was named" The Wild Geese" after the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael" Mad Mike" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC, which in turn was inspired by a 17th- century Irish mercenary army( see Flight of the Wild Geese).
Carney's novel was subsequently published by Corgi Books under the same title as the film.
The novel was based upon rumours and speculation following the 1968 landing of a mysterious aeroplane in Rhodesia, which was said to have been loaded with mercenaries and" an African president" believed to have been a dying Moïse Tshombe.
The Wild Goose Lake
The Wild Goose Lake is a 2019 Chinese crime drama film directed by Diao Yinan.
It was selected to compete for the Palme d' Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Wild Goose Railroad
The Wild Goose Railroad was created by the Wild Goose Mining Company in Alaska.
Charles D Lane acted as the President of the Wild Goose Mining company, until his death in 1911.
The Wild Good Railroad was located in Nome, Alaska and ran from Nome to Lane's Landing, which was named after Charles D Lane.
In 1903 the Wild Goose Railroad was reorganized as the Nome Arctic Railway.
The Wild Goose on the Wing
The Wild Goose on the Wing( Chinese: 雁兒在林梢; pinyin:
Yàn'er zài línshāo) is a Taiwanese film, released in 1979 by Super Star( H.K.)
Motion Picture Company( 巨星( 香港) 影業公司), with spoken dialogues in Mandarin.
It stars Brigitte Lin, Chin Han, Tse Ling- ling, and Ma Yung-lin( 馬永霖).
It was produced by Chiung Yao, who wrote the novel of the same Chinese name.
The adapted screenplay was by Qiao Ye( 喬野) and the film was directed by Lily Liu( 劉立立).
The Wild Goose Chase (1932 film)
The Wild Goose Chase is an animated short film made by the Van Beuren Studios, and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures.
Wild Goose
Wild Goose may refer to:
Hundra
Hundra is a 1983 Italian- Spanish fantasy film co-written and directed by Matt Cimber and starring Laurene Landon.

Question: Are the movies Hundra and The Wild Goose On The Wing, from the same country?
Answer: no