One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer, and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II.
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
- 7.5
- 1968
- Released
- 2h 35m
Richard Burton
Maj. Smith
Clint Eastwood
Lt. Morris Schaffer
Mary Ure
Mary Ellison
Patrick Wymark
Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
Michael Hordern
Adm. Rolland
Donald Houston
Christiansen
Peter Barkworth
Berkeley
William Squire
Thomas
Robert Beatty
Brig. Gen. George Carnaby
Brook Williams
Sgt. Harrod
Neil McCarthy
Sgt. Jock MacPherson
Vincent Ball
Carpenter
Anton Diffring
Col. Kramer
Ferdy Mayne
Rosemeyer
Derren Nesbitt
Von HapenVictor Beaumont
Col. Weissner
Ingrid Pitt
Heidi
Guy Deghy
Maj. Wilhelm Wilner (uncredited)
Philip Stone
Sky Tram Operator (uncredited)Chris Adcock
German Soldier (uncredited)Richard Beale
Telephone Orderly (uncredited)Ivor Dean
German Officer #2 (uncredited)
Max Faulkner
Sgt. Hartmann (uncredited)Harry Fielder
German Soldier (uncredited)
John G. Heller
German Major - at 'Zum Wilden Hirsch' (uncredited)Olga Lowe
Lt. Anne-Marie Kernitser (uncredited)
Ian McCulloch
German Officer (uncredited)Terence Mountain
German Radio Op (uncredited)
Derek Newark
German Major (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Waiter at Zum Wilden Hirsch (uncredited)
Anton Rodgers
German Officer at Airfield (uncredited)Jack Silk
German Officer at Ammunitions Shed (uncredited)Jim Tyson
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Ernst Walder
Airport Control Officer (uncredited)Del Watson
German Soldier (uncredited)Terry Yorke
Major Brandt (uncredited)Bill Burns
German Soldier in Pub (uncredited)Pauline Chamberlain
Blonde Woman in Tavern (uncredited)Vic Chapman
SS Officer (uncredited)Terence Conoley
Nazi (uncredited)Frank Henson
German Soldier (uncredited)Lyn Kennington
German Woman (uncredited)Nigel Lambert
Young German Solider (uncredited)Edward Michael Perry
German Soldier (uncredited)Peter Roy
German Soldier (uncredited)Bill Sawyer
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)Larry Sheppard
German Soldier (uncredited)Fred Wood
German Soldier in Bier Keller (uncredited)
Released
en
$7,700,000.00
$21,000,000.00
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- #nazi
- #germany
- #liberation of prisoners
- #secret mission
- #world war ii
- #bavaria, germany
- #mountain
- #castle
- #two man army
- #parachute
- #infiltration
- #explosion
- #sabotage
- #commando
- #war hero
- #alps mountains
- #cable car
- #1940s
- #sidecar
- #fall from height
- #soldiers
- #commanding
- #exhilarated
- #metrocolor
Reviews
When an American general's plane is forced down over Nazi Germany, it falls to "Smith" (Richard Burton) to lead a crack team into the depths of the Wehrmacht to get him out before a dose of scopalamine elicits the truth about the plans for an allied invasion of Europe. No sooner do they land, though, when things start to go wrong. With one of their number not even surviving the parachute drop into
The story is very interesting, Clint Eastwood looks very good on Nazi Uniform and kick 4ss so much 4ss it kind of ruins the almost perfect story about counter spies double agents, double cross mumbo jumbo If they wanted to end WWII they should have sent Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton dressed as SS officers.
So close to being a great film. There is a lot I enjoyed about <em>'Where Eagles Dare'</em>, the core of the film has some greatness to it. The action sequences are fun, the acting is terrific and the music is strong. However, it has far too many lull moments for me to consider it anything other than 'good'. A 2hr run time would've been perfect, instead it's stretched out to 2hrs 30mins+ and
_**One of the greatest action/adventure films ever made**_ RELEASED IN 1968 and directed by Brian G. Hutton, "Where Eagles Dare" is a World War II adventure about handful of commandos parachuting into the wilderness surrounding a German castle-fortress high in the Bavarian Alps. Their mission is to rescue a captive general before the Germans can interrogate him. However, not everything is as it
Major, right now you got me about as confused as I ever hope to be. Directed by Brian G. Hutton and adapted to the screen from his own novel by Alistair MacLean, Where Eagles Dare stars Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. Music is scored by Ron Goodwin and cinematography is by Arthur Ibbetson. A small group of allied agents are sent on a mission to rescue a Allied General from a Nazi castle s