The Dogs of War
Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip...
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot.Havoc ensues.
- Director
- John Irvin
- Signature
- Action · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $5M
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Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
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Box Office & Release
The Dogs of War returned 0.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Dec 17, 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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