Where Eagles Dare
"One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer, and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II."
1968-12-04
7.506
en 155mActionAdventureWar
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.
Director
Brian G. Hutton
Producer
Elliott Kastner
Original Music Composer
Ron Goodwin
Director of Photography
Arthur Ibbetson
Editor
John Jympson
Screenplay
Alistair MacLean
undercover agent nazi germany liberation of prisoners secret mission world war ii bavaria, germany mountain castle two man army parachute infiltration explosion sabotage commando war hero alps mountains cable car 1940s sidecar fall from height soldiers commanding exhilarated metrocolor
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$21,000,000Budget
$7,700,000Countries
- United Kingdom
Companies
- Jerry Gershwin Productions
- Elliott Kastner Productions
- Winkast Film Productions
- Gershwin-Kastner
