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Where Eagles Dare

BBC One
on BBC One London

Wartime adventure with a screenplay by Alistair MacLean, adapted from his novel, and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood

An elite group of Allied commandos, led by a British intelligence officer, are sent on a seemingly impossible mission. They must find a way into the almost impregnable
Nazi stronghold "Castle of the Eagles" high in the Bavarian Alps and rescue a high ranking American officer.
(1969)
FILM REVIEWS pages 55-62

Contributors

Screenplay:
Alistair MacLean
Director:
Brian G Hutton
Maj John Smith:
Richard Burton
Lt Morris Schaffer:
Clint Eastwood
Mary Ellison:
Mary Ure
Vice Admiral Rolland:
Michael Hordern
Col Wyatt Turner:
Patrick Wymark
Cartwright-Jones:
Robert Beatty
Col Kramer:
Anton Diffring
Olaf Christiansen:
Donald Houston
Berkeley:
Peter Barkworth
Lee Thomas:
William Squire
Source: Radio Times

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