The Dogs of War

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American film British film film political film war film

The Dogs of War is a 1980 political war film based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, following mercenaries hired to overthrow a fictional African dictator.

Aliases (1)

The Dogs of War (novel) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → British film → film → political film → war film →
authorOfSourceWork	Frederick Forsyth →
basedOn	The Dogs of War (novel) →
castMember	Christopher Walken → Colin Blakely → Ed O'Neill → Hugh Millais → Ilona Rodgers → JoBeth Williams → Joan Plowright → Paul Freeman → Robert Urquhart → Tom Berenger → Winston Ntshona →
character	Colonel Bobi → Dr. Okoye → Drew → Endean → Jamie Shannon → Michel →
cinematographer	Jack Cardiff →
composer	Geoffrey Burgon →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom → United States of America →
director	John Irvin →
distributor	United Artists → United Artists Releasing NERFINISHED →
editor	Peter Honess →
genre	action film → political thriller → war film →
hasTheme	mercenarism → neo-colonialism → political coup →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Jamie Shannon →
plotSummary	A group of mercenaries is hired by a British industrialist to overthrow the dictator of the fictional African nation of Zangaro. →
producer	Larry DeWaay NERFINISHED → Norman Jewison →
productionCompany	United Artists →
publicationDate	1980 →
releaseFormat	theatrical film →
runtime	approximately 104 minutes →
screenwriter	Gary DeVore NERFINISHED → George Malko →
setting	fictional African country of Zangaro →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Dogs of War ("The Dogs of War (novel)") →	basedOn
Christopher Walken →	notableWork