Implausible, reactionary adventure tale dedicated to Richard Burton, who starred in the first WILD GEESE seven years before and was supposed to star in this one. Edward Fox, a last-minute replacement, is introduced as Burton's younger but equally adroit brother. John Haddad (Scott Glenn)
is a mercenary hired by a TV company to pull off a daring kidnappings, namely the snatch of Rudolf Hess from his four-decade-long solitary confinement in Spandau prison. Kathy (Barbara Carrera) and Michael Lukas (John Terry) are a brother-sister act who work for the TV company and play a part in
the caper, which has something to do with getting Hess (Laurence Olivier) to divulge th...
Released:
1985
Rated:
R
Length:
125 mins