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Where Eagles Dare

BBC One
on BBC One London

Alistair MacLean 's wartime adventure starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood

Seven paratroopers, led by a British intelligence officer, are sent on a seemingly impossible mission. They must enter the almost impregnable Nazi stronghold "Castle of the Eagles" to rescue a high-ranking American officer. But the men's dangerous task is threatened by a traitor in the group.
(1969. PG)
See Films: pages 54-61 ****

Contributors

Director:
Brian G Hutton
Major John Smith:
Richard Burton
Lt Morris Schaffer:
Clint Eastwood
Mary Ellison:
Mary Ure
Vice Admiral Rolland:
Michael Hordern
Colonel Wyatt Turner:
Patrick Wymark
Cartwright Jones:
Robert Beatty
Colonel Kramer:
Anton Diffring
Olaf Christiansen:
Donald Houston
Reichsmarschall Rosemeyer:
Ferdy Mayne
Berkeley:
Peter Barkworth
Lee Thomas:
William Squire
Sergeant Harrod:
Brook Williams
Major von Hapen:
Derren Nesbitt
MacPherson:
Neil McCarthy
Carpenter:
Vincent Ball
Colonel Weissner:
Victor Beaumont
German officer:
Ivor Dean
Radio operator:
Michael Rooney
Source: Radio Times

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