Film

Where Eagles Dare

1968 · 2h 35m · Adventure · War

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

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

84%

Metacritic

63

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.

Richard Burton

Maj. Smith

Clint Eastwood

Lt. Morris Schaffer

Mary Ure

Mary Ellison

Patrick Wymark

Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC

Michael Hordern

Adm. Rolland

Donald Houston

Christiansen

Peter Barkworth

Berkeley

William Squire

Thomas

Robert Beatty

Brig. Gen. George Carnaby

Brook Williams

Sgt. Harrod

Neil McCarthy

Sgt. Jock MacPherson

Vincent Ball

Carpenter

Anton Diffring

Col. Kramer

Ferdy Mayne

Rosemeyer

Derren Nesbitt

Von Hapen

Victor Beaumont

Col. Weissner

• Brian G. HuttonDirector
• Alistair MacLeanScreenplay · Story · Novel
• Elliott KastnerProducer
• Jerry GershwinExecutive Producer
• Arthur IbbetsonDirector of Photography
• Ron GoodwinOriginal Music Composer
• John JympsonEditor

Theatrical Trailer

Release date

December 4, 1968

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 35m

Rated

PG

Budget

$7,700,000

Revenue

$21,000,000

Genres

Adventure, War

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