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Where Eagles Dare
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7.5World 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.
Cast
- Richard Burton as Maj. Smith
- Clint Eastwood as Lt. Morris Schaffer
- Mary Ure as Mary Ellison
- Patrick Wymark as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
- Michael Hordern as Adm. Rolland
- Donald Houston as Christiansen
Themes
- undercover agent
- nazi
- germany
- liberation of prisoners
- secret mission
- world war ii
- bavaria, germany
- mountain
- castle
- two man army
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Brian G. Hutton
- Screenplay by
- Alistair MacLean
- Based on
- Where Eagles Dare , 1967 novel, by Alistair MacLean
- Produced by
- Elliott Kastner
- Starring
- Richard Burton Clint Eastwood Mary Ure Patrick Wymark Michael Hordern
- Cinematography
- Arthur Ibbetson
- Edited by
- John Jympson
- Music by
- Ron Goodwin
- Color process
- Metrocolor
- Production company
- Winkast Film Productions
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release date
- 4 December 1968 ( 1968-12-04 )
- Running time
- 155 minutes
- Countries
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6.2 million –$7.7 million
- Box office
- $21 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 158
- FilmAffinity ID
- 619330
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- title
- Where Eagles Dare
- review score
- 63/100
- capital cost
- 7700000
- box office
- 21000000
- publication date
- 1969-03-12
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Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 action adventure war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. Set during World War II, it follows a Special Operations Executive team charged with saving a captured American General from the fictional Schloß Adler fortress, except the mission turns out not to be as it seems. It was filmed in Panavision using the Metrocolor process, and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alistair MacLean wrote the screenplay, his first, at the same time that he wrote the novel of the same name. Both became commercial successes.
The film involved some of the top filmmakers of the day and was shot on location in Austria. Hollywood stuntman Yakima Canutt was the second unit director and shot most of the action scenes; British stuntman Alf Joint doubled for Burton in many sequences, including the fight on top of the cable car; award-winning conductor and composer Ron Goodwin wrote the film score; and future Oscar nominee Arthur Ibbetson worked on the cinematography.