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Where Eagles Dare (1968) 7.6
Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner... but that's not all that's really going on. Director:Brian G. Hutton |
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Cast
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Maj. Smith
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Schaffer
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Mary Ellison
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Patrick Wymark | ... |
Col. Turner
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William Squire | ... |
Thomas
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Vincent Ball | ... | |
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Anton Diffring | ... |
Col. Kramer
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Von Hapen
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During WW2 a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, an American General, and take him to the nearest SS headquarters. Unknown to the Germans the General has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. The British decide that the General must not be allowed to divulge any details of the Normandy landing at all cost and order Major John Smith to lead a crack commando team to rescue him. Amongst the team is an American Ranger, Lieutenant Schaffer, who is puzzled by his inclusion in an all British operation. When one of the team dies after the parachute drop, Schaffer suspects that Smith's mission has a much more secret objective. Written by Dave Jenkins <david.jenkins@smallworld.co.uk>
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One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II. See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
12 March 1969 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Agenten sterben einsam See more »Box Office
Gross:
SEK 11,639,000 (Sweden)Company Credits
Production Co:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Jerry Gershwin Productions, Elliott Kastner Productions See more »
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[for the cable car]
Major John Smith: See if you can make the motor work.
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The arm patches on Smith's and Schaffer's tunics show them to be members of the Wehrmacht's 1st Mountain Division, which used the edelwiess flower as its symbol. See more »Goofs
The helicopter seen landing in the castle courtyard is a Bell model 47G, not built until well after the war. While the Germans had a small number of working helicopters during the war (none of which would have been readily available to the filmmakers), the Bell does not make a convincing stand-in for any of them. See more »Quotes
Lt. Morris Schaffer: There's a stop and start button.[for the cable car]
Major John Smith: See if you can make the motor work.
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"Where Eagles Dare" was one of the first films that my father took me to see at the cinema when I was a boy in the 1970's. Back then I was 100% caught up with the on-screen action and loved every minute of it. Now 25+ years later the film holds the exact same thrills for me as it did then. I always list it as one of my 10 all-time favourite films.
I had no idea who Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood were at the time I first saw "WED" but I thought they were marvellous in the film. A few years later the BBC started showing it on TV (usually at Christmas!) and I always watched it each time it was on. Some years ago I was able to buy the Widescreen video of "WED" and now I can watch it whenever I like!
The music is absolutely brilliant and I often find myself humming the stirring main theme from time to time.
Not only did "WED" introduce me to Burton and Eastwood (two of my all-time favourite actors) but also to the novels of Alistair MacLean and many of his other films, such as "The Guns of Navarone", "Bear Island" and "Breakheart Pass" (all of which I recommend).