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The screenplay by Reginald Rose was based on an unpublished novel titled" The Thin White Line" by Daniel Carney.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.
Coney Island Baby (film)
Coney Island Baby is a 2003 comedy- drama in which film producer Amy Hobby made her directorial debut.
Karl Geary wrote the film and Tanya Ryno was the film's producer.
The music was composed by Ryan Shore.
The film was shot in Sligo, Ireland, which is known locally as" Coney Island".
The film was screened at the Newport International Film Festival.
Hobby won the Jury Award for" Best First Time Director".
The film made its premiere television broadcast on the Sundance Channel.
Wild Geese II
Wild Geese II is a 1985 British action- thriller film directed by Peter Hunt, based on the 1982 novel" The Square Circle" by Daniel Carney, in which a group of mercenaries are hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
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.
Actor Richard Burton, who starred in the first film as Colonel Allen Faulkner, was planning to reprise his role for the sequel, but he died days before filming began.
The sequel has Faulkner's brother( played by Edward Fox) as one of the mercenaries.
No characters from the original are featured in the sequel.
Empties
Empties is a 2007 film directed by Jan Svěrák and written by his father Zdeněk Svěrák, who also stars in the film.
It was released first in the Czech Republic in March 2007.
The film is a comedy from the same team which made Kolya.
Wild Geese (film)
Wild Geese is a lost 1927 silent film drama directed by Phil Goldstone and starring Belle Bennett and Russell Simpson.
It was distributed by Tiffany- Stahl Pictures.
Adhikari (film)
Adhikari( English:" Official") is a 1991 Tamil action film directed by P. Vasu.
The film features C. Arunpandian and Gautami in the lead roles, with Anand, Goundamani, Senthil, Sethu Vinayagam, Srividya, Anju, Rocky, Rajesh Kumar, Choudary and Abhilasha playing supporting roles.
The film, produced by K. Kanagasabai, had musical score by Gangai Amaran and was released on 14 April 1991.
Wild Geese Calling
Wild Geese Calling is a 1941 American drama film directed by John Brahm and starring Henry Fonda and Joan Bennett.
It was distributed by 20th Century- Fox.
The screenplay was written by Horace McCoy, based on a novel by Stewart Edward White.
The music score is by Alfred Newman.
Scorticateli vivi
Scorticateli vivi also known as Skin'em Alive and The Wild Geese Attack Again is a 1978 Italian Macaroni combat film about a fictional group of mercenaries in Africa.
The film was co-written, produced and directed by screenwriter Mario Siciliano that was inspired by the international success of" The Wild Geese".
The film features extensive reuse of action footage from Siciliano's 1969 mercenary film" Seven Red Berets".
The film stars South African journalist Bryan Torquil Rostron in his final film appearance.
Despite the title, none of the characters are skinned alive in the film.
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.
Code Name: Wild Geese
Code Name: Wild Geese is a 1984 West German- Italian Euro
War film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins in the first of their three mercenary war films.
Despite the films title," Code Name: Wild Geese" is not the sequel to" The Wild Geese" film, but a derivative film.
Kim Newman described the film as closer to the director's films such as" The Last Hunter" and" Cannibal Apocalypse".

Question: Which film was released first, Adhikari (Film) or Wild Geese Calling?
Answer: Wild Geese Calling