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The Dogs of War (1980) 6.3
Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup. Director:John Irvin |
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Hugh Millais | ... |
Endean
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Derek
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Jean-François Stévenin | ... |
Michel
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Jessie
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Robert Urquhart | ... |
Capt. Lockhart
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Winston Ntshona | ... |
Dr. Okoye
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The Captain
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Harlan Cary Poe | ... |
Richard
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Terry
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Isabel Grandin | ... |
Evelyn
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Ernest Graves | ... |
Warner
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Kelvin Thomas | ... |
The Black Boy
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Jamie Shannon is a soldier of fortune -- a mercenary who will stage a coup or a revolution for the right price. He is hired by British mining interests to scout out Zangaro, a small African nation with rich mineral deposits but a brutal and xenophobic dictatorship. Arrested soon after his arrival, Shannon is imprisoned as a spy, badly beaten, and tortured. While in prison he meets one of the country's leading intellectuals, Dr. Okoye, also imprisoned by the regime. Eventually released, he returns to London and is subsequently offered to opportunity to secretly invade Zangaro's capital and lead a military coup. Shannon accepts, but quietly has his own agenda to pursue. Written by garykmcd
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13 February 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Sung by Gillian McPherson
Music by Geoffrey Burgon
Poem by A.E. Housman
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John Irvin had previously filmed amidst real life battles when he worked in a television news crew in Vietnam during the 1960s. Irvin once said: "Unlike most young film directors, I've been in battle. Throughout the sixties I went to various war zones and I met numerous mercenaries in Algeria and South East Asia, so I had my own personal strings to draw on. I would say our depiction of mercenaries is pretty accurate. We talked to a lot of mercenaries and were able to get a lot of information from them about how they would have handled the operation." See more »Goofs
When Shannon meets with Endean and Bobi, in subsequent shots his necktie moves from the left to right side of his shirt. See more »Quotes
Shannon: [to the other mercenaries] Remember; you have to make it home to get paid.See more »
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Epitaph on an Army of MercenariesSung by Gillian McPherson
Music by Geoffrey Burgon
Poem by A.E. Housman
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Shannon (Christopher Walken) is a mercenary war who accepted for the sum of 15,000 dollars to fly to a fictional country in West Africa on a survey mission to procure military information concerning the stability of a dictator's regime, his position strength, and if there is any chance for a coup?
Posing as an American naturalist—especially in native birds—Shannon landed in Zangaro and gathered all the facts he needed but after suffering a brutal beating from the guards for taking pictures of one of the mistresses of the dictator's in front of his compound…
When he's offered a large amount of money to gather a well-equipped mercenary force and go back to Zangaro and lead a military takeover, he reluctantly assents…
The assault has authority, power and unexpected... consequences. So don't miss it!