The Dogs of War (1980)
1h 58m
Running Time
December 17, 1980Release Date
The Dogs of War (1980)
1h 58m
Running Time
December 17, 1980Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an iron-fisted despot. Once there, Jamie ends up in jail. After being brutally tortured, he is assisted by political prisoner Dr. Okoye and learns more about the plight of the country's people. After Jamie is freed, he becomes disillusioned with his wealthy employers and joins the Zangaro people on the revolutionary front.
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Cast & Crew.

Christopher Walken
Jamie Shannon

Tom Berenger
Drew

Winston Ntshona
Dr Okoye

Hugh Millais
Roy Endean

JoBeth Williams
Jessie

Paul Freeman
Derek

Colin Blakely
Drew

Jean-François Stévenin
Michel

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
The Captain

Robert Urquhart
Capt. Lockhart

Ed O'Neill
Terry

Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Benny

Alan Beckwith
Mercenary

Gyearbuor Asante
Geoffrey

Frederick Forsyth
Novel

Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography

John Irvin
Director

Gary DeVore
Writer

George Malko
Writer

Antony Gibbs
Editor

Emma Porteous
Costume Design

Larry DeWaay
Producer

Patrick J. Palmer
Executive Producer

Peter Mullins
Production Design

John Siddall
Art Direction

Norman Jewison
Executive Producer

Bert Davey
Art Direction

Geoffrey Burgon
Original Music Composer

Gerry Gavigan
Second Assistant Director

John Downes
Location Manager

Chic Waterson
Camera Operator

Robin Vidgeon
First Assistant Camera

Fred Carter
Set Dresser

Harry Cordwell
Set Dresser

Terry Needham
Location Manager

David James
Still Photographer

Ramon Gow
Hairstylist

Eddie Stacey
Stunt Coordinator

Richard Mills
Makeup Artist

Susie Figgis
Casting

Terry Madden
Second Assistant Director

Danny Shelmerdine
Second Assistant Camera

Tony Graysmark
Construction Manager

Cassian Elwes
Production Assistant

Peter Honess
Assistant Editor

Ken Weston
Boom Operator

Terry Busby
Assistant Editor

Keith Denny
Wardrobe Master

Jane Feinberg
Casting

Anthony Waye
First Assistant Director

Frank Heeney
Gaffer

Lawrence J. Cavanaugh
Special Effects

Mike Fenton
Casting

Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist

Marvin Walters
Stunt Coordinator

Nicolas Le Messurier
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.








Details.
Release DateDecember 17, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Content RatingR
Budget$8,000,000
Box Office$5,484,132
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States · Belize
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
africa
revolution
mercenary
battlefield
covert operation
torture
combat
soldier of fortune
fictitious country
guerrilla
Wiki.
The Dogs of War is a 1980 action-thriller war film directed by John Irvin and starring Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger and Colin Blakely. Based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, it follows small mercenary unit of soldiers is privately hired to depose the president of a fictional African country modeled on Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Equatorial Guinea and Angola (as they were in the late 1970s), so that a British tycoon can gain access to a platinum deposit.
The title is based on a phrase from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar: "Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war."
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