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.| Status: | Released (1968-12-04) |
|---|---|
| Awards: | 1 win & 3 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $7,100,000 |
| Screen: | Alistair MacLean |
| Productions: | Jerry Gershwin Productions, Elliott Kastner Productions, Winkast Film Productions, Gershwin-Kastner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | Deutsch, English |
Backdrops
Posters
Similars
Recommendations
Casts
- 5341: Richard Burton - Maj. Smith
- 190: Clint Eastwood - Lt. Morris Schaffer
- 67916: Mary Ure - Mary Ellison
- 67917: Patrick Wymark - Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
- 39741: Michael Hordern - Adm. Rolland
- 38358: Donald Houston - Christiansen
- 183207: Peter Barkworth - Berkeley
Crews
- 54451: Brian G. Hutton - Director - Directing
- 9169: Elliott Kastner - Producer - Production
- 7752: Ron Goodwin - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 3454: Arthur Ibbetson - Director of Photography - Camera
- 7754: John Jympson - Editor - Editing
- 67450: Alistair MacLean - Screenplay - Writing
- 67450: Alistair MacLean - Story - Writing
external ids
fb: | twitter: | imdb: tt0065207 | insta:
Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
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 Arth ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
Review text:
_**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. T ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
Review text:
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 ....
Continue reading ->crastana
Review text:
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 ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
Review text:
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 t ....
Continue reading ->