Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 action adventure war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. It follows a World War II British Special Operations Executive team charged with saving a captured American general from a fortress known as Schloß Adler (Castle of the Eagles), as their mission takes several unexpected turns. It was filmed in Panavision using the Metrocolor process, and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alistair MacLean wrote the screenplay, his first, while he was writing the novel of the same name. Both became commercial successes…Wikipedia