The Dogs of War

Name: The Dogs of War
Genre: Thriller, Action, Adventure
Released: 1980-12-17
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Winston Ntshona, Hugh Millais, JoBeth Williams

Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip...

The Dogs of War (1980)

Timing: 1:58 (118 min)

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Release date

1980-12-17

Country

United Kingdom

Production

Juniper Films

Genre

Thriller, Action, Adventure

Budget

Revenue

$5 484 132

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Director

John Irvin

Actors

Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Winston Ntshona, Hugh Millais, JoBeth Williams, Alan Beckwith, Colin Blakely, Jean-François Stévenin, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Ed O'Neill
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Scenario

Gary DeVore, George Malko

Producer

Larry DeWaay, Norman Jewison, Patrick J. Palmer

Operator

Jack Cardiff

Composer

Geoffrey Burgon

Artist

Audition

Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Susie Figgis

Editing

Antony Gibbs, Ted Lloyd
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Short description

Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

What's left behind the scenes

While gathering material for his novel in the early 1970s (the novel itself was published in 1974), Frederick Forsyth pretended to be financing a coup d'état in Equatorial Guinea. This cover story gave him access to a number of people from the criminal underworld, including mercenaries and arms dealers.

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