Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip...
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Christopher WalkenJamie Shannon
- Tom BerengerDrew
- Colin BlakelyNorth
- Hugh MillaisRoy Endean
- Paul FreemanDerek
- Jean-François StéveninMichel
- JoBeth WilliamsJessie
- Robert UrquhartCapt. Lockhart
- Winston NtshonaDr. Okoye
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr.The Captain
Crew
- John IrvinDirector
- Gary DeVoreWriter
- George MalkoWriter
- Frederick ForsythNovel
- Jack CardiffDirector of Photography
- Geoffrey BurgonOriginal Music Composer
- Antony GibbsEditor
- Larry DeWaayProducer
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