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Where Eagles Dare

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A crack team of Allied soldiers stages a daring rescue during World War II. A U.S. general is being held captive in an imposing castle fort, high in the Bavarian Alps. The audacious plan calls for Lt. Schaffer (Clint Eastwood), Maj. Smith (Richard Burton) and other operatives to parachute down wearing Nazi disguises. They'll penetrate the mountain outpost while undercover operatives assist them from within. But their mission changes when they discover that there's a traitor in their midst.
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Jason Bailey DVDTalk.com 07/08/2017
3/5
As with Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare pulls itself together best in its third act Go to Full Review Guardian 07/08/2017
It gets better, yields deeper layers of meaning, every time I see it. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 12/26/2007
Alistair MacLean wrote an original screenplay that was treated with respect for the writer's unusual abilities as a master of actionful suspense. The resulting film is highly entertaining, thrilling and rarely lets down for a moment. Go to Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 01/28/2024
5/5
...sets the right, jaunty tone for a never-to-be-bettered, big-star WWII victory lap… Go to Full Review Wayne Harada Honolulu Advertiser 03/17/2023
Alas, the film's main fault is that it endures too long... There is an intermission in the showing I caught, but war epics preferably should be limited to 2 hours. The puzzle should be solved in that time span, wouldn't you say? Go to Full Review Michael Kostelnuk Winnipeg Free Press 08/18/2021
The new Richard Burton-Clint Eastwood movie, Where Eagles Dare, manages to bore you to death and insult your intelligence at the same time. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Joseph P @Bigjoe331 Jul 18 This a really great movie would watch this again See more Todor Y @Phantom961 Jun 18 Decent acting by Clint Eastwood plus stun effects. See more J H @JLHIII May 5 Good action movie with nice twist at the end. Worth viewing. Eastwood plays his usually Eastwood but Burton is very good. The escape was very unrealistic but definitely Hollywood. See more Sound D @Sounddude Apr 11 This was a HUGE film when it was released. I saw it back then and enjoyed it. Now, it's just a fun action film with no basis in reality at all. But hey, it's a movie. If you like the two leads, and haven't seen it before, go for it. Lots of implausible things to forgive. Like a scene with Eastwood shooting lots of Nazis with his machine gun. 1000 rounds and never reloading. Great to see Eastwood post spaghetti westerns and pre-Dirty Harry. And fun to watch Burton deliver a thousand lines. So if you like Burton and Eastwood in this film, do so. Just remember the phrase "suspension of disbelief". See more Russ G @RT78760655 Nov 6 Another overlong, overblown, and totally preposterous actioner trying to capitalize on the post war fixation with All Things WW2 and the star power of its two male leads. Maybe it played well on the Big Screen at the time of its theatrical release but the bloated run time is only part of its undoing. But, lots of chit gets blown up so that might be enough for some viewers. See more Gerald H @RT00885100 07/15/2025 This flick was filmed in my home-county. Do you know what a „Schaas“ is? This is a Schaas. See more Read all reviews
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Brian G. Hutton

Director

Richard Burton

Maj. Jonathan Smith, MC

Clint Eastwood

Lt. Morris Schaffer

Mary Ure

Mary Elison

Patrick Wymark

Col. Wyatt Turner, DSO MC

Michael Hordern

Adm. Rolland

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Where Eagles Dare

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Movie Info

Synopsis A crack team of Allied soldiers stages a daring rescue during World War II. A U.S. general is being held captive in an imposing castle fort, high in the Bavarian Alps. The audacious plan calls for Lt. Schaffer (Clint Eastwood), Maj. Smith (Richard Burton) and other operatives to parachute down wearing Nazi disguises. They'll penetrate the mountain outpost while undercover operatives assist them from within. But their mission changes when they discover that there's a traitor in their midst.
Director
Brian G. Hutton
Producer
Elliott Kastner
Screenwriter
Alistair MacLean
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Winkast Film Productions, Elliott Kastner Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
War, Action, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 11, 2015
Runtime
2h 38m
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