Where Eagles Dare (1968)

Directed by

Brian G. Hutton

Genre

drama film, action film, war film, adventure film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 38m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 999 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a Special Operations Executive team is sent to rescue an American general from a Nazi fortress. The mission turns out to be more complicated than it first appears.

suspensefulfast-pacedadventurouswartimegrittytwistyaction-packedcolddaring

What happens

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. Where Eagles Dare received mostly positive critical reaction, with praise for its action sequences, score and the performances of Burton and Eastwood, and has since been considered a classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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