Col. Bobi discovers the hard way that he is not president of Zangaro

Clip from the 1980 movie “The Dogs of War” (118 min).

Storyline based upon the eponymous novel by Frederick Forsyth. (Composer Geoffrey Burgon concludes the film with A. E. Housman's “Epitaph for an Army of Mercenaries” sung over the end titles by Gillian McPherson.)

“The Dogs of War” is a 1980 film directed by John Irvin. It stars Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger as part of a small, international unit of mercenary soldiers privately hired to depose President Kimba of a fictional "Republic of Zangaro", in Africa, so that a British tycoon can gain mining access to a huge platinum deposit. The film was filmed on location in Belize.

(“The Dogs of War” title is a phrase from William Shakespeare's play “Julius Caesar” (1599), which uses the line "Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war" (line 270, scene 1, Act III).)