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Where Eagles Dare

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A crack team of Allied soldiers stages a daring rescue during World War II. A U.S. general is being held captive in an imposing castle fort, high in the Bavarian Alps. The audacious plan calls for Lt. Schaffer (Clint Eastwood), Maj. Smith (Richard Burton) and other operatives to parachute down wearing Nazi disguises. They'll penetrate the mountain outpost while undercover operatives assist them from within. But their mission changes when they discover that there's a traitor in their midst.
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Jason Bailey DVDTalk.com As with Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare pulls itself together best in its third act Rated: 3/5 Jul 8, 2017 Full Review Guardian It gets better, yields deeper layers of meaning, every time I see it. Jul 8, 2017 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Alistair MacLean wrote an original screenplay that was treated with respect for the writer's unusual abilities as a master of actionful suspense. The resulting film is highly entertaining, thrilling and rarely lets down for a moment. Dec 26, 2007 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...sets the right, jaunty tone for a never-to-be-bettered, big-star WWII victory lap… Rated: 5/5 Jan 28, 2024 Full Review Wayne Harada Honolulu Advertiser Alas, the film's main fault is that it endures too long... There is an intermission in the showing I caught, but war epics preferably should be limited to 2 hours. The puzzle should be solved in that time span, wouldn't you say? Mar 17, 2023 Full Review Michael Kostelnuk Winnipeg Free Press The new Richard Burton-Clint Eastwood movie, Where Eagles Dare, manages to bore you to death and insult your intelligence at the same time. Aug 18, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Leo P This greatly entertaining movie has a big flaw. When the water temperature in the river is about 4°C you have to take off wet clothes in order to survive. You can't continue as nothing had happened. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Nol P My official review for Where Eagles Dare to share! Yes I factored in the 1969 release date! But Eastwood was under utilized a lot of the film! Very hokey pokey a lot of the time and with some silly music going on and many silly action scenes. There was some good for its time but overall this is quite long and all over the place! I tried so hard to like, I really did! Best I can honestly give this is a solid 4 to 4.5 out of 10! COOL artwork though to represent this film I took note on. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review Birgit G This film is so far fetched. This film is an insold to the German Army and the people. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/24/24 Full Review DanTheMan 2 Stealth raids and spy games are at the heart of Where Eagles Dare, a saga of cool, calculated courage packed to the brim with spectacular snowy landscapes, lots of schoolboy WWII-style action and even busty wenches in maid uniforms. It offers a relatively light-hearted tale of double-crosses and daring does, thanks to its relatively simple but immensely rewarding writing by Alistair MacLean, it does get a tad disjointed towards the middle but quickly dispenses with that notion to pull it all back for a sensational cable car finale. Directed with sweeping grandeur and an incredible atmosphere by Brian G. Hutton, he drops you right into the action from the get-go and ramps up as the film chugs along at a relatively swift pace given its runtime. The clash of styles between Richard Burton's classic Shakespearean thespian and Clint Eastwood's quietly threatening taciturn offer up a great dynamic of consistently engaging back and forth between the two drastically different personalities. Backed by a great set of supporting roles and a stirring score by Ron Goodwin, Where Eagles Dare achieves what it sets out to do, it doesn't take itself with an overt seriousness, instead delivering action, adventure and excitement in a very Boy's Own way. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/24/24 Full Review Lorenzo M I remember watching it as a kid in the early 70's and liking it, so I just watched it again last night. Sadly, I found it confusing and ridiculous. The Germans were made out to be a combination of keystone cops/hogans heros dimwits that can't hit the broadside of a barn with a machine gun. The escape where they were taking the three double agents with them for some reason instead of just killing them like they had done to so many others, hustling them about in the castle as the Germans ran by with the hostages staying quiet, was idiotic. For a 12-15 year old me it was fine, but there was so many facets of this film are bad for old man me. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/16/24 Full Review alan g Good movie. Good acting. No helicopters inGermany at that time. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A crack team of Allied soldiers stages a daring rescue during World War II. A U.S. general is being held captive in an imposing castle fort, high in the Bavarian Alps. The audacious plan calls for Lt. Schaffer (Clint Eastwood), Maj. Smith (Richard Burton) and other operatives to parachute down wearing Nazi disguises. They'll penetrate the mountain outpost while undercover operatives assist them from within. But their mission changes when they discover that there's a traitor in their midst.
Director
Brian G. Hutton
Producer
Elliott Kastner
Screenwriter
Alistair MacLean
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Winkast Film Productions, Elliott Kastner Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
War, Action, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 11, 2015
Runtime
2h 38m
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