Where Eagles Dare

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Where Eagles Dare (1968)

PG 03/12/1969 (US) Action, Adventure, War 2h 35m

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

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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.

Alistair MacLean

Novel, Screenplay, Story
Brian G. Hutton

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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
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A review by r96sk

70%

Written by r96sk on January 12, 2022

So close to being a great film.

There is a lot I enjoyed about 'Where Eagles Dare', the core of the film has some greatness to it. The action sequences are fun, the acting is terrific and the music is strong. However, it has far too many lull moments for me to consider it anything other than 'good'.

A 2hr run time would've been perfect, instead it's stretched out to 2hrs 30mins+ and it really shows. The pacing is bad, any moment of quality is immediately followed by the film dragging its heels. It heavily overstays its welcome, in my opinion.

Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood... read the rest.

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