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.

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The Dogs of War canonical 18
The Dogs of War (1974 novel) 3
The Dogs of War (novel) 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
British film ⓘ
film ⓘ
political film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Frederick Forsyth ⓘ
basedOn The Dogs of War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Dogs of War (novel)
castMember Christopher Walken ⓘ
Colin Blakely ⓘ
Ed O’Neill ⓘ
surface form: Ed O'Neill

Hugh Millais ⓘ
Ilona Rodgers ⓘ
JoBeth Williams ⓘ
Joan Plowright ⓘ
Paul Freeman ⓘ
Robert Urquhart ⓘ
Tom Berenger ⓘ
Winston Ntshona ⓘ
character Colonel Bobi ⓘ
Okoye ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Norman Jewison ⓘ
productionCompany United Artists ⓘ
publicationDate 1980 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical film ⓘ
runtime approximately 104 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Gary DeVore ⓘ
George Malko ⓘ
setting fictional African country of Zangaro ⓘ

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Christopher Walken → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
The Dogs of War → basedOn → The Dogs of War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dogs of War (novel)
Jim Clark → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Paul Freeman → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Paul Freeman → appearsIn → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Russell Lloyd → workedOn → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Russell Lloyd → editedFilm → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Gérard Brach → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
John Normington → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Frederick Forsyth → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
John Irvin → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
John Irvin → directed → The Dogs of War ⓘ
George Malko → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dogs of War (film)
George Malko → basedOn → The Dogs of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dogs of War (novel)
Jamie Shannon → roleIn → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Jamie Shannon → protagonistOf → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Jamie Shannon → appearsIn → The Dogs of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dogs of War (novel)
Jamie Shannon → appearsIn → The Dogs of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dogs of War (film)
Jamie Shannon → firstAppearance → The Dogs of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dogs of War (1974 novel)
Colonel Bobi → appearsIn → The Dogs of War ⓘ
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Colonel Bobi → firstAppearance → The Dogs of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dogs of War (1974 novel)
Drew → appearsInWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Endean → appearsIn → The Dogs of War ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Dogs of War (1974 novel)
Hugh Millais → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ
Hugh Millais → role → The Dogs of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: appeared as Endean in "The Dogs of War"
Winston Ntshona → notableWork → The Dogs of War ⓘ