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04/12/1968 Adventure, War 2h 35m
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One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer, and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II.

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.

  1. Brian G. Hutton

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Richard Burton

    Maj. Smith

  2. Clint Eastwood

    Lt. Morris Schaffer

  3. Mary Ure

    Mary Ellison

  4. Patrick Wymark

    Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC

  5. Michael Hordern

    Adm. Rolland

  6. Donald Houston

    Christiansen

  7. Peter Barkworth

    Berkeley

  8. William Squire

    Thomas

  9. Robert Beatty

    Brig. Gen. George Carnaby

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Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2022-01-12
So close to being a great film.

There is a lot I enjoyed about 'Where Eagles Dare', 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 anything other than 'good'.

A 2hr run time would've been perfect, instead it's stretched out to 2hrs 30mins+ and it really shows. The pacing is bad, any moment of quality is immediately followed by the film dragging its heels. It heavily overstays its welcome, in my opinion.

Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$7,700,000.00

Revenue
$21,000,000.00

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