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The Final Option | 1982 | US One Sheet
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The Final Option | 1982 | US One Sheet

The Final Option (known as Who Dares Wins in the UK) is a 1982 film directed by Ian Sharp. It was produced by Chris Chrisafis, Euan Lloyd and Raymond Menmuir with Reginald Rose writing the screenplay. It stars Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Tony Doyle, John Duttine, Kenneth Griffith, Rosalind Lloyd, Ingrid Pitt, Norman Rodway, Edward Woodward and Robert Webber. The title for the film, Who Dares Wins, is the motto of the elite UK Special Air Service (SAS). The plot for Who Dares Wins is inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, where the UK’s SAS dramatically stormed the building to rescue those being held hostage inside. Euan Lloyd got the idea for making the film watching the Siege of the Iranian Embassy in London (he lived half a mile from the Embassy and watched som...
The Wild Geese | 1978 | Final | Japan B2
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The Wild Geese | 1978 | Final | Japan B2

The screenplay written by Reginald Rose is based on an unpublished novel called The Thin White Line by Daniel Carney. The novel was based on speculative rumours of a 1968 landing by a mysterious aeroplane in Rhodesia. It was said to have been loaded with mercenaries and an African President which was believed to have been a dying Moise Tshombe. Daniel Carney's novel was subsequently published by Corgi Books under the same title as the film. The film's title, The Wild Geese, came from the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC. He was hired as a technical advisor with Col. Alan Faulkner being modelled on him. One of the actors, Ian Yule, had been an actual mercenary under Hoare's command and before working as a mercenary served in the Bri...
Who Dares Wins | 1982 | UK Lobby Card
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Who Dares Wins | 1982 | UK Lobby Card

Who Dares Wins (known as The Final Option in the USA) is a 1982 film directed by Ian Sharp. It was produced by Chris Chrisafis, Euan Lloyd and Raymond Menmuir with Reginald Rose writing the screenplay. It stars Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Tony Doyle, John Duttine, Kenneth Griffith, Rosalind Lloyd, Ingrid Pitt, Norman Rodway, Edward Woodward and Robert Webber. The title for the film, Who Dares Wins, is the motto of the elite UK Special Air Service (SAS). The plot for Who Dares Wins is inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, where the UK’s SAS dramatically stormed the building to rescue those being held hostage inside. Euan Lloyd got the idea for making the film watching the Siege of the Iranian Embassy in London (he lived half a mile from the Embassy and watched so...