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Where Eagles Dare (1968)

Directed by Brian G. Hutton

Action | Adventure | Drama

Overview

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.

Rated PG | Length 155 minutes

Actors

Richard Burton | Clint Eastwood | Mary Ure | Patrick Wymark | Michael Hordern | Donald Houston | Peter Barkworth | William Squire | Robert Beatty | Brook Williams | Neil McCarthy | Vincent Ball | Anton Diffring | Ferdy Mayne | Derren Nesbitt | Victor Beaumont | Ingrid Pitt | Guy Deghy | Philip Stone | Chris Adcock | Del Baker | Richard Beale | Ivor Dean | Max Faulkner | Harry Fielder | John G. Heller | Olga Lowe | Ian McCulloch | Terence Mountain | Derek Newark | Jim O'Brady | Anton Rodgers | Jack Silk | Jim Tyson | Ernst Walder | Del Watson | Terry Yorke | Roy Beck | Bill Burns | Pauline Chamberlain | Vic Chapman | Terence Conoley | Jim Dowdall | Frank Henson | Lyn Kennington | Nigel Lambert | Edward Michael Perry | Peter Roy | Bill Sawyer | Larry Sheppard | Fred Wood

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

It’s been a while since I’ve seen this. I forgot just how epic a movie it is! Richard Burton is great as Major Smith, the officer in charge of the operation. He’s cool as ice, tough as nails, and the only one holding all the cards.

One of the things I love about his movie is that it’s just one long series of situations that Burton and Eastwood have to extricate themselves from. Other films might have a few set piece scenes with a lot of cutaways and allusions to how they got from point A to point B. Where Eagles Dare shows you every little bit of the operation from start to end and it’s awesome all the way through.

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