30 September 2006

Where Eagles Dare (1968)























































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Where Eagles Dare (1968)

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Writing credits
Alistair MacLean (story)

Directed by
Brian G. Hutton

Plot Outline:
In 1944, an American General is shot down over a heavily defended German fortress and imprisoned within. A rescue attempt is at once launched by British Intellegence, since the General must be liberated before being made to reveal Allied plans for an invasion of France. As the mission unfolds, however, double and triple agents begin to appear in the ranks of the rescue team with the added mystery of an American Lieutenant assigned to the mission for reasons unknown. [Summary by Anthony Hughes]

Cast:

Richard Burton .... Maj. Jonathan Smith, MC

Clint Eastwood .... Lt. Morris Schaffer
Mary Ure .... Mary Elison
Patrick Wymark .... Col. Wyatt Turner, DSO MC
Michael Hordern .... Adm. Rolland
Donald Houston .... Capt. James Christiansen
Peter Barkworth .... Edward Berkeley
William Squire .... Capt. Philip Thomas
Robert Beatty .... Gen. George Carnaby
Brook Williams .... Sgt. Harrod
Neil McCarthy .... Sgt. Jock MacPherson
Vincent Ball .... Carpenter
Anton Diffring .... SS-Standartenführer Kramer
Ferdy Mayne .... Gen. Rosemeyer
Derren Nesbitt .... SS-Sturmbannführer Von Hapen
Victor Beaumont .... Col. Weissner
Ingrid Pitt .... Heidi
John G. Heller .... German major (at Zum Wilden Hirsch) (as John Heller)
Guy Deghy .... Maj. Wilhelm Wilner
Olga Lowe .... Lt. Anne-Marie Kernitser
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Beale .... Telephone orderly (uncredited)
Ivor Dean .... German Ooficer #2 (uncredited)
Jim Dowdall .... Extra (uncredited)
Max Faulkner .... Sgt. Hartmann (uncredited)
Lyn Kennington .... German woman (uncredited)
Nigel Lambert .... Young German soldier (uncredited)
Anton Rodgers .... German officer at airfield (uncredited)
Michael Rooney .... British radio operator (uncredited)
Jack Silk .... German officer at ammunitions shed (uncredited)
Philip Stone .... Sky Tram operator (uncredited)
Ernst Walder .... Airport control officer (uncredited)