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Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner... but that&#39;s not all that&#39;s really going on.
During WW2 a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, an American General, and take him to the nearest SS headquarters. Unknown to the Germans the General has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. The British decide that the General must not be allowed to divulge any details of the Normandy landing at all cost and order Major John Smith to lead a crack commando team to rescue him. Amongst the team is an American Ranger, Lieutenant Schaffer, who is puzzled by his inclusion in an all British operation. When one of the team dies after the parachute drop, Schaffer suspects that Smith&#39;s mission has a much more secret objective.
My highest praise is reserved for films that, with little ornamentation or pretense, accomplish their task. &quot;Where Eagles Dare&quot; does so with few one liners and special effects that are a part but not an overwhelming part of the script. In other words, there is little or no room for gratuitousness in this picture.<br/><br/>It is interesting to see Richard Burton in a role that demands little or no dialogue, especially considering this is a man who has rendered dialogue most exquisitely beautiful by the particular lilt of his voice. In this role he is frank and only speaks when necessary, therefore, seeing as how most of this film is action, he says very little. Some purists would fault Burton for taking a role that seems devoid of the usual acting challenges he appeared to enjoy attacking early in his career, but I disagree. This film is a departure from the normal Burton &quot;oeuvre&quot; and yet he does pull of the role of Major Smith convincingly. One does not expect this man to be either audacious nor flamboyant and Burton, whose very presence suggests a call for histrionics, executes this role quietly. <br/><br/>Now it is well known that Burton was not seeking a challenge by taking on this project, his primary concern was revamping his potency in the box-office by staring in a blockbuster. And he got it. But we cannot fault him for that because he possessed the facility as an actor to pull it off. Burton could be both a dramatic performer and a daring sex symbol. Besides, standing alongside a veritable &quot;tough-guy&quot; like Eastwood, Burton needed to be able to hold his end up because the movie going audience had already identified Eastwood as the quintessential tough guy. Had Burton not been up to the task, this film would not have been a success.<br/><br/>The script is entertaining and has a few notable twists in it, a testament to the skill of screenwriter and adventure novelist Alistair MacClain. Character development is not of particular importance in this story and yet one does come away with a palpable sense of Major Smith, a fact that I again acknowledge is the handywork of Burton, whose presence is auspicious regardless of his role. Overall, this film appears to be able to balance the rhythmic quietude of action while interjecting enough personal flair to make the film memorable and not another futile exercise in on-screen action and viewer instant gratification/escapism. This movie is one of the best in its genre and is worth a good viewing.
Many people had told me that this is one of the best classic war films ever made, and certainly is one of the most exciting classics, from director Brian G. Hutton (Kelly&#39;s Heroes). Set in World War II, a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi territory, an American General, the only survivor, is captured, and he has full knowledge of D-Day. The British decide to try and rescue him so that he does not talk, led by Maj. Jonathan Smith, MC (Richard Burton), along with American Ranger Lt. Morris Schaffer (Clint Eastwood), which confuses him (being involved with the British). Parachuting to the snowy ground, one of the soldiers is killed, what looks like purposely, so there is much more than just a rescue mission. The most exciting scenes are those in the German mountain castle where Smith and Schaffer along with the other good guys are trying to escape with hostages, but are ending up running into many Nazis, having to set bombs, and stealing cable cars and buses, till eventually they get to the plane. Oh, and they also find out one of their allies is actually a bad guy, and he jumped out the plane to commit suicide. Also starring Mary Ure as Mary Ellison, Michael Hordern as Adm. Rolland; Patrick Wymark as Col. Wyatt Turner, DSO MC, Robert Beatty as Gen. George Carnaby, Anton Diffring as SS-Standartenführer Kramer, Donald Houston as Capt. James Christiansen, Ferdy Mayne as Gen. Rosemeyer, Ingrid Pitt as Heidi, Peter Barkworth as Edward Berkeley, William Squire as Capt. Philip Thomas, Brook Williams as Sgt. Harrod, Derren Nesbitt as SS-Sturmbannführer Von Hapen, Neil McCarthy as Sgt. Jock MacPherson, Vincent Ball as Carpenter and Victor Beaumont as Col. Weissner. This is one of those essential classics with the most exciting from the middle to the end, a great performance from Eastwood, and almost a James Bond type feel to it, a lot of fun! Clint Eastwood was number 18 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, and he was number 61 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons, and the film was number 21 on The 100 Greatest War Films. Very good!

Presumably the trio of double agents killed them because they were suspicious of them and had seen or heard something that betrayed their treason. Yes, the Germans used a small number of early helicopters in late World War 2 for tasks such as transport and artillery spotting in addition to numerous experimental prototypes. Two Fa 223 Drache (&#39;Dragon&#39;) aircraft were actually assigned to the German Army&#39;s Mountain Warfare School at Innsbruck so the prescence of a helicopter in the film is surprisingly plausible.  a5c7b9f00b