The Dogs of War

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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.

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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

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