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The Dogs of War is a 1980 British war film based upon the 1974 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. Largely filmed in Belize, it was directed by John Irvin and starred Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger. In it a small mercenary unit of soldiers is privately hired to depose the president of a fictional African country modeled on Guinea ...
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 ...
The Dogs of War. The Dogs of War (1974) is a war novel by British writer Frederick Forsyth, featuring a small group of European mercenary soldiers hired by a British industrialist to depose the government of the fictional African country of Zangaro. The story details a geologist's mineral discovery, and the preparations for the attack: soldier ...
- Frederick Forsyth
- 1974
The Dogs of War: Directed by John Irvin. With Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais. Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- John Irvin
- 1981-02-13
The Dogs of War is a 1980 war film based upon the 1974 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, directed by John Irvin. It stars Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger as part of a small, international unit of mercenary soldiers privately hired to depose President Kimba of a fictional "Republic of Zangaro", in Africa, so that a British tycoon can gain mining access to a huge platinum deposit.
- John Irvin
The Dogs of War. Mercenary soldiers Jamie (Christopher Walken) and Drew (Tom Berenger) are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an iron-fisted despot ...
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- Action, Drama
- R
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"The Dogs of War" is a 1980 War film directed by John Irvin. Not particularly directed at a major war in the worlds view eye, the film rather makes its focus on guerilla warfare in Africa, particularly centered around the ownership of valuable platinum deposits.
