Cast & Crew

Directed by

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writing Credits

Reginald Rose
(screenplay)
Daniel Carney
(novel)

Cast

Richard Burton
Colonel Allen Faulkner
Roger Moore
Lt. Shawn Fynn
Richard Harris
Capt. Rafer Janders
Hardy Krüger
Lt. Pieter Coetzee
Stewart Granger
Sir Edward Matherson
Winston Ntshona
President Julius Limbani
John Kani
Sgt. Jesse Link
Jack Watson
R.S.M. Sandy Young
Frank Finlay
Father Geoghagen
Kenneth Griffith
Arthur Witty
Barry Foster
Thomas Balfour
Ronald Fraser
Jock McTaggart
Ian Yule
Tosh Donaldson
Patrick Allen
Rushton
Rosalind Lloyd
Heather
David Ladd
Sonny Martinelli
Paul Spurrier
Emile Janders
Jeff Corey
Mr. Martin
Brook Williams
Samuels
Percy Herbert
Keith
Glyn Baker
Esposito
Sydney Chama
Clark
Ken Gampu
Alexander
Jane Hylton
Mrs. Marjorie Young
Taks Senekal
East German Officer
Martin Grace
East German Officer
Terry Wells
Cuban Officer
Joe Cole
Derek
Fats Bookholane
Tribal Elder
John Alderson
Randy
Terence Longdon
Anonymous Man
Patrick Holt
Skyjacker
Robert Cunningham
Man on Aircraft
John Dennison
Matherson's butler
Thomas Baptiste
Col. Mboya
Jules Walter
Mboya's ADC
Fred Bryant
Baronet Club manager
Valerie Leon
1st Girl Dealer
Anna Bergman
Sonny's Girlfriend
Jeannie Collings
Sonny's Girlfriend
Colin Abraham
Carpenter
B.H. Barry
Henchman
Robin Blair-Crawford
Mercenary
Rod Campbell
Mercenary
Christopher Chittell
Philips
Bob Christo
Body double
Graham Clarke
Gennaro
Tim Condren
Henchman
George Lane Cooper
Mercenary / Zimba Soldier (uncredited)
Richard Cox
Skyjacker 3
Clive Curtis
Randolf / Zimba Soldier (uncredited)
Suzanne Danielle
Girl at Party
Bryan Davis
Hercules Pilot
Eddie Eddon
Henchman / Mercenary (uncredited)
Anthony Fridjhon
Skyjacker 2
Richard Graydon
Mercenary
Ryno Hattingh
Finchley
Susan Hunt
Egyptian Girl Flirting with Faulkner
Jazzer Jeyes
Jones / Zimba Soldier (uncredited)
George Leech
Henchman / Stone (uncredited)
Harry Magnus
Williams
Solly Marx
Mercenary
Tullio Moneta
Tall Mercenary
Maia Newley
Girl at Party
Andre Parnell
Mercenary
Greg Powell
Mercenary / Zimba Soldier (uncredited)
Terry Richards
Henchman
Leslie Schofield
Hitman at Club
Chris Scott
Mercenary
Bob Simmons
Pilot
Len Sparrowhawk
Slate
Gordon Steel
Cavendish
Rocky Taylor
Mercenary / Zimba Soldier (uncredited)
Peter Terry
Mercenary
Reg Thomason
Club Patron
Garth Watkins
Club Patron
Chris Webb
Zimba Soldier

Produced by

Chris Chrisafis
associate producer (uncredited)
Erwin C. Dietrich
producer
Euan Lloyd
producer
Douglas Netter
co-producer (uncredited)

Music by

Roy Budd

Cinematography by

Jack Hildyard
(photographed by)

Editing by

John Glen

Casting By

Rose Tobias Shaw

Production Design by

Syd Cain

Art Direction by

Bob Bell

Makeup Department

Ron Berkeley
makeup artist
Paul Engelen
makeup artist
Richard Mills
makeup artist
Neville Smallwood
makeup artist

Production Management

Norman Foster
production manager
Ray Freeborn
unit manager
Harold Buck
production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Derek Cracknell
assistant director
John Glen
second unit director
Raymond Becket
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Simon Wakefield
set director
Maurice Cain
assistant art director (uncredited)
Terry Wells
stand-by property master (uncredited)
Barry Wilkinson
stand-by props (uncredited)

Sound Department

Dino Di Campo
sound editor
Gordon Everett
sound recordist
Gerry Humphreys
dubbing mixer
Colin Miller
sound editor
Allan Sones
sound editor
Richard Hymns
Assistant Sound editor: additional (uncredited) / sound editor: making of doc "Stars' War The Flight of the Wild Geese" (uncredited)
William Parnell
assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Kit West
special effects
Nick Allder
special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

B.H. Barry
stunts (uncredited)
Tim Condren
stunts (uncredited)
George Lane Cooper
stunts (uncredited)
Clive Curtis
stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Eddon
stunts (uncredited)
Martin Grace
stunt double: Hardy Krüger (uncredited) / stunt double: Richard Burton (uncredited) / stunt double: Roger Moore (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Richard Graydon
stunts (uncredited)
Jazzer Jeyes
stunt double: Hardy Krüger (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
George Leech
stunts (uncredited)
Solly Marx
stunts (uncredited)
Greg Powell
stunts (uncredited)
Terry Richards
stunts (uncredited)
Bob Simmons
stunt double: Richard Burton (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Rocky Taylor
stunts (uncredited)
Chris Webb
stunts (uncredited)
Ian Yule
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Graham Attwood
stills photographer
James Bawden
camera operator (as Jimmy Bawden)
Tony Braun
special photography
John Fenner
gaffer
Dudley Lovell
second unit cameraman/operator
Robin Wilter
associate gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Elsa Fennell
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

John Grover
assembly editor

Location Management

Ray Freeborn
location manager
Edward Eagle
location assistant (uncredited)

Music Department

National Philharmonic Orchestra
music performed by (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

June Randall
continuity

Additional Crew

Ronnie Bear
production liaison
Maurice Binder
main title designed by
Robin Blair-Crawford
assistant tactical advisor
Karl Breyer
the photograph of Moise Tshombe seen in the main titles of this picture was taken by
Richard Charter
parachute jump master
Brian Doyle
publicist
Scot Finch
production associate
Dick Hilland
flying sequences and aerial adviser
Mike Hoare
military & technical adviser (as Col. Mike Hoare)
Ron Mull
caterer
Maureen Newman
production accountant
Bob Simmons
action arranger
Barbara Back
production assistant (uncredited)
Carl Schmidt
armourer (uncredited)
Doris Spriggs
assistant: Roger Moore (uncredited)
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