The Dogs of War

The Dogs of War is a 1980 action-thriller war film directed by John Irvin and starring Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger and Colin Blakely. Based on Frederick Forsyth's 1974 novel, it follows a small mercenary unit of soldiers privately hired to depose the president of a fictional African country modeled on Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Equatorial Guinea and Angola (as they were in the late 1970s), so that a British tycoon can gain access to a platinum deposit. Norman Jewison was an executive producer. The title is based on a phrase from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar: "Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war." A British and American co-production, The Dogs of War premiered on 17 December 1980, and was released in the United States by United Artists on 13 February 1981.

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Release date:: 1980
Director:: John Irvin
Cast:: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Paul Freeman, JoBeth Williams
Genre:: Drama, Action, War
Country:: United States, United Kingdom
Language:: English
Year page:: 1980 in adaptations