Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Richard BurtonMaj. Smith
- Clint EastwoodLt. Morris Schaffer
- Mary UreMary Ellison
- Patrick WymarkCol. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
- Michael HordernAdm. Rolland
- Donald HoustonChristiansen
- Peter BarkworthBerkeley
- William SquireThomas
- Robert BeattyBrig. Gen. George Carnaby
- Brook WilliamsSgt. Harrod
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Highly entertaining, thrilling and rarely lets down for a moment. - 80
The Guardian
The development of Bond films in the early 1960s brought a new dimension to espionage-oriented cinema. Where Eagles Dare brings these strands together - fusing the spy story with war action - and helped create a wave of patriotic cold war thrillers that arguably climaxed with The Spy Who Loved Me. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
An exciting picture with much derring-do and adventure, Where Eagles Dare is also a lengthy film, though there is more than enough action to keep it moving along. - 75
Orlando Sentinel
If it's explosions, gunplay and wartime treachery that you're looking for, then director Brian Hutton's Where Eagles Dare is right up your alley. [12 Mar 1995, p.51] - 70
Time Out
It may be devoid of significance of any sort, but it is nevertheless passably entertaining, and certainly better viewing than most MacLean adaptations - 60
Empire
Classic War caper with a few too many plot contrivances but high on adventure. - 60
The New York Times
Where Eagles Dare is the ultimate metaphor. It encapsulates human experience into an ordered, comprehensible melodrama that is both absurd and entertaining. - 50
Chicago Reader
Routine war adventure, imitating the callousness of Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen but without Aldrich's nihilist zeal. Still, you have to admire any film that casts Clint Eastwood opposite Richard Burton; the real violence is in the clash of acting styles.
