Game for Vultures
Game for Vultures is a 1979 British thriller film starring Richard Harris, Joan Collins, and Richard Roundtree. It was directed by James Fargo and based on the 1975 novel with the same name by Michael Hartmann set during the Rhodesian Bush War.
Plot
During the late 1970s, as the Rhodesian Bush War reached its height, arms dealer David Swansey (Richard Harris) is a "sanctions-busting" specialist, one of many who keeps the Rhodesian Security Forces supplied through black-market purchases despite an extensive international arms embargo. Swansey's latest assignment is to arrange the illicit purchase of military helicopters, which he acquires in the form of surplus Bell UH-1s being auctioned from a United States Air Force base in West Germany. However, word of this transaction is soon leaked to a foreign office of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which applies strong political pressure in an attempt to kill the deal in its cradle. Due to this, the helicopters are barred from reaching Rhodesia and are instead diverted to neighbouring South West Africa, then administered by South Africa.
More details
| author | Philip Baird |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | South Africa |
| director | James Fargo |
| editor | Peter Tanner |
| events | Cold War |
| genre | drama thriller |
| keywords | air force base arms dealer arms trafficking bell uh-1 bell uh-1 iroquois douglas c-47 dakotas douglas c-47 skytrain liberation army rhodesia rhodesian security forces rhodesian special air service south african south west south west africa special air service united states air force west africa west germany zimbabwe african national liberation army zimbabwe african national union |
| musicBy | Jon Field Tony Duhig |
| producer | Hazel Adair |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| theme | race and ethnicity war |