Where Eagles Dare (1968)

Name: Where Eagles Dare
Released: 1968
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern

• Movies, Action, Adventure, War

• 155 min

7.5

One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer, and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II.

Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Casting: 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 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
Countries: United Kingdom
Premiere: 1968-12-04
Status: Released

Tags: undercover agent, 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

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.