A Game for Vultures - 1979
In every war there are those who kill... and those who make a killing!
Director(s)
James Fargo
Writer(s)
Phillip Baird
Michael Hartmann novel
Producer(s)
Hazel Adair producer
Phillip Baird executive producer
Cast
Richard Harris - David Swansey
Richard Roundtree - Gideon Marunga
Joan Collins - Nicolle
Ray Milland - Colonel Brettle
Denholm Elliott - Raglan Thistle
Sven-Bertil Taube - Larry Prescott
Ken Gampu - Sixpence
Tony Osoba - Daniel Batton
Neil Hallett - Tony Knight
Mark Singleton - Sir Benjamin Peckover
Alibe Parsons - Alice Kamore
Victor Melleney - Mallan
Jana Cilliers - Ruth Swansey
John Parsonson - Peter Swansey
Elaine Proctor - Brigid
Chris Chittell - McAllister
Graham Armitage - Harken
Patrick Mynhardt - Muller
Ndaba Mhlongo - Chowa
Ian Steadman - Du Preez
Wilson Dunster - Uffa
Peter Van Dissel - Van Ronsburg
Sam Williams - Schooteacher
Tim Heale - Nettlekin
Joe Mafela - Mtoko
Phillip Baird - Jay Goldstein
Peter Elliott - Hilton
Richard Haines - Tibbens
Charles Comyn - Nel
Johan Malherbe - McKay
Ryno Hattingh - Driver
Alan Smart - Soldier
Simon Sabela - Nyemba
Sydney Chama - Sibanda
David Phetoe - Matambo
Review by Theo Robertson
Game for Vultures (1979)
Disjointed,
GAME FOR VULTURES is a rather confused story about a freedom fighter/ terrorist, an illegal arms dealer and an illegal shipment of helicopters to Rhodesia, but the story strands never really gel. Instead of a coherent plot we get a battle scene followed by sentenious speeches followed by a scene that doesn’t add anything to the plot. Other irritations include Richard Harris and Richard Roundtree playing Rhodesians neither of whom make any attempt at a Rhodesian accent, a freedom fighter called " Sixpence " and the black Scottish guy from PORRIDGE playing a murderous thug
The version I saw on BBC 1 tonight was slightly different from a version I saw several years ago. A scene in the opening battle scene featured a Rhodesian soldier getting crushed by a runaway land rover, and an entire subplot featuring Tony Osoba`s character is missing. This is where he murders his sister at the end and he in turn is killed by his brother in law with a pitchfork
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