Movie
Where Eagles Dare
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1968-12-04
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jerry Gershwin Productions, Elliott Kastner Productions, Winkast Film Productions, Gershwin-Kastner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Richard Burton as Maj. Smith
- Clint Eastwood as Lt. Morris Schaffer
- Mary Ure as Mary Ellison
- Patrick Wymark as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
- Michael Hordern as Adm. Rolland
- Donald Houston as Christiansen
- Peter Barkworth as Berkeley
- William Squire as Thomas
- Robert Beatty as Brig. Gen. George Carnaby
- Brook Williams as Sgt. Harrod
- Neil McCarthy as Sgt. Jock MacPherson
- Vincent Ball as Carpenter
Crew
- Brian G. Hutton - Director
- Alistair MacLean - Screenplay
- Alistair MacLean - Story
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