Where Eagles Dare with Richard Burton: DVD Cover
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Where Eagles Dare Director: Brian G. Hutton Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Michael Hordern

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  • DVD Release Date: 05/03/2005
  • Original Release: 1968
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 1,738

Viewer Rating: (9 ratings)

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Closed Caption; Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Vintage featurette on location: Where Eagles Dare; Eastwood film highlights; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English, Français & Japanese; Subtitles: English, Français, Español, Português, Japanese, Chinese, Bahasa, Thai & Korean

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Mountainous Credits [3:01]
2. Damned Important Job [5:15]
3. Parachute Drop [3:55]
4. One Man Down [3:39]
5. Rendezvous [4:22]
6. Castle View [4:23]
7. Our Best Agent [2:07]
8. Strictly Army Matter [4:07]
9. Infiltration [3:54]
10. The Major's Business [3:52]
11. Carefully Arranged [3:58]
12. Second Man Down [1:31]
13. Better Chance Outside [3:19]
14. Car Trouble [4:05]
15. Rank Defiance [4:48]
16. Live Wire [2:35]
17. Wheels for an Escape [1:39]
18. Hitching a Ride [5:45]
19. Above it All [4:22]
20. Scaling the Wall [3:35]
21. Quick Radio Room Work [4:15]
22. Gen. Carnaby [2:14]
23. Things to Talk About [:24]
24. Enter Schmidt [2:58]
25. Divulging the Plot [2:02]
26. Working With Both Sides [6:30]
27. The Upper Hand [3:01]
28. Fistfuls of Dynamite [4:15]
29. Corridor Siege [4:40]
30. Castlewide Chaos [4:24]
31. Slipping Out [4:58]
32. Schaffer Overpowered [3:23]
33. Cable Car Clash [4:48]
34. Four Going Down [3:36]
35. Wet at the Bottom [4:53]
36. Express Escape Bus [2:34]
37. Booby-Trap Road [3:37]
38. Bridge Disposal [2:03]
39. A Plane to Catch [3:32]
40. Missing Name [5:26]
41. His Long Drop [2:37]
42. Cast List [3:38]

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Editorial Reviews

An expensive but enormously profitable war picture, Where Eagles Dare centers upon a daring rescue and even more daring escape. Disguised as Nazi officers, commandoes Maj. John Smith (Richard Burton), Lt. Morris Schaffer Clint Eastwood and six other courageous souls parachute behind enemy lines. Their mission: to rescue an American general, held captive in a supposedly impenetrable Alpine castle. Aiding and abetting the commandoes are Allied undercover agents Mary (Mary Ure) and Heidi (Ingrid Pitt). Also on hand is a British officer (Patrick Wymark), who masterminded the mission. Somewhere, somehow, someone amongst the Allies is going to turn out to be a traitor. There's also a neat plot twist in store when the commandoes manage to reach the American general -- which leads to yet another twist. The vertigo-inducing climax has made Where Eagles Dare one of the most sought-after of "early" Eastwood starring features. The film was written directly for the screen by espionage novelist Alistair MacLean. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Excellent book to movieby mystery-actionbuff

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August 22, 2009: I saw the film first and then read the book. Many times I've preferred the book to the movie not so in this case. As I read the book I felt I was reading the script. The only change was the addition of Mary Ure's character which worked well. The casting of Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood was fantastic. Both had excellent chemistry and worked off each other very well.

The film is exciting from the beginning to the end. Although the film was done in the 1960s it's timeless.

This review was written about the DVD Letterbox edition.

I Also Recommend: Ice Station Zebra, Force 10 from Navarone, The Guns of Navarone.

I liked it too, but...by Anonymous

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June 04, 2003: I saw this entertaining, well acted and directed movie when it was first released in 1968. The location at the Schloss(castle) Hohenwerfen in Bavaria was outstanding. Alistair MacLean's well paced script would be difficult to best. The acting was first rate and there was never a dull moment. However, as in too many war movies, the Germans turn out to be too easy to defeat. They fall by the hundreds, while the ''eagles'' suffer one casualty from German soldiers and Richard Burton gets a slight hand wound. If it were that easy to defeat Nazi Germany, it wouldn't have taken the allies 6 years to do the job at such a fearful cost in lives. I never met a veteran, including my 3 uncles, who said that defeating the Germans was as easy as Hollywood often portrays it. A final thought. Why is this movie not yet available on DVD?

This review was written about the VHS edition.


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