Where Eagles Dare
7.6
“One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer, and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II.”
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
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Cast
50 people
Richard Burton
Maj. Smith
Known for
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Clint Eastwood
Lt. Morris Schaffer
Known for
Gran Torino
Million Dollar Baby
Mary Ure
Mary Ellison
Known for
Look Back in Anger
Patrick Wymark
Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
Known for
Repulsion
Blood on Satan's Claw
Michael Hordern
Adm. Rolland
Known for
Shōgun
Labyrinth
Donald Houston
Christiansen
Known for
A Study in Terror
Room at the Top
Peter Barkworth
Berkeley
Known for
Wilde
William Squire
Thomas
Known for
The Lord of the Rings
Anne of the Thousand Days
Robert Beatty
Brig. Gen. George Carnaby
Known for
2001: A Space Odyssey
Jesus of Nazareth
Brook Williams
Sgt. Harrod
Known for
The Plague of the Zombies
Raid on Rommel
Neil McCarthy
Sgt. Jock MacPherson
Known for
Shōgun
Clash of the Titans
Vincent Ball
Carpenter
Known for
Breaker Morant
Sirens
Brian G. Hutton Director · Alistair MacLean Screenplay Ron Goodwin Composer
Worldwide gross $21M · Budget $7.7M · United States release March 12, 1969
Box office
Budget
$7,700,000
Worldwide gross
$21,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
Jerry Gershwin Productions
Production
Elliott Kastner Productions
Production
Winkast Film Productions
Production
Gershwin-Kastner
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Australia · December 4, 1968
Theatrical
United States · March 12, 1969
Theatrical
United States · September 2, 2003
Physical · DVD
Belgium
December 4, 1968 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 7, 1969 · Theatrical
January 1, 2000 · Physical · IMDB
Denmark
January 20, 1969 · Theatrical
Finland
December 4, 1968 · Theatrical
France
March 5, 1969 · Theatrical
Germany
March 6, 1969 · Theatrical
Greece
March 31, 1969 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 15, 1988 · Theatrical
November 24, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
May 30, 1969 · Theatrical
Italy
August 23, 1969 · Theatrical
Japan
December 21, 1968 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 30, 1969 · Theatrical
April 27, 2002 · TV · RTL 5
April 10, 2013 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
February 21, 1969 · Theatrical
Slovakia
March 25, 2025 · TV · Markíza Klasik
Sweden
June 14, 2006 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
January 22, 1969 · Premiere · London
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