Reviews Of Where Eagles Dare (1968)

1. Where Eagles Dare | Rotten Tomatoes

  • It offers a relatively light-hearted tale of double-crosses and daring does, thanks to its relatively simple but immensely rewarding writing by Alistair MacLean ...

  • A crack team of Allied soldiers stages a daring rescue during World War II. A U.S. general is being held captive in an imposing castle fort, high in the Bavarian Alps. The audacious plan calls for Lt. Schaffer (Clint Eastwood), Maj. Smith (Richard Burton) and other operatives to parachute down wearing Nazi disguises. They'll penetrate the mountain outpost while undercover operatives assist them from within. But their mission changes when they discover that there's a traitor in their midst.

2. Where Eagles Dare (1968) – Review - We've Got (Back) Issues

  • Jun 11, 2021 · Despite clocking in at a weighty two and a half hours, the movie unbelievably devotes virtually it's entire bulk entirely to the mission – much ...

  • The “men on a mission” movie has had some cracking entries over the years with everything from most of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible movies to the time heist in Avengers: Endga…

3. WWII Film Review – Where Eagles Dare (1968)

  • Jan 17, 2018 · A shallow, enjoyable, action and suspense movie with plenty of intrigue to carry you through to the final plot twist and big reveal.

  • No real plot spoilers ahead. Here is simply a rollicking classic shoot ‘em up war flick with all the ingredients to make us cheer, groan and howl with delight. That’s how I felt when I watched this…

4. Where Eagles Dare Reviews - Metacritic

  • Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner but that's not all that's really going on.

  • Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner... but that's not all that's really going on.

5. Review - Where Eagles Dare (1968) - IMDForums

  • Oct 1, 2018 · Great film. Loved it to bits as a kid - and I wasn't much of a war movie fan. But just thought this was really well made and entertaining.

  • Your thoughts on this movie.... Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner... but that's not all that's really going on.

6. Geoff Dyer on Where Eagles Dare | Movies | The Guardian

7. WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968) – Review - Night of the Living Trev

  • Nov 26, 2011 · The entire last hour or so is almost nothing but an extended chase/battle between the heroes and the Nazi's. It's all great fun, even if it's not exactly deep.

  • Where Eagles Dare is a total “guy movie.” You know the type – it’s the sort of movie that was just made to be shown consistently on channels like Spike and TNT, for fathers …

8. Where Eagles Dare - Variety

  • The resulting film is highly entertaining, thrilling and rarely lets down for a moment. It's basically a tale of rescuing a captured American general from a ...

  • Alistair MacLean wrote an original screenplay that was treated with respect for the writer's unusual abilities as a master of actionful suspense. The resulting film is highly entertaining, thrilling and rarely lets down for a moment.

9. Where Eagles Dare (to explain things) | Falcon at the Movies

  • Feb 18, 2017 · Where Eagles Dare (1968) is a decent movie, if you're patient. It is very well-made and I love the environments, the story, and all the ...

  • Where Eagles Dare (1968) is a decent movie, if you’re patient.  It is very well-made and I love the environments, the story, and all the actors do a great job.  However, this is a long-ass mo…

10. Movie Review: Where Eagles Dare (1968) | TheMarckoguy

  • Mar 30, 2018 · “Where Eagles Dare” is an exciting and very well crafted war movie. IT has a really good plot, okay characters, really good performances, great music, and ...

  • Time to jump in the wayback-machine and review a “classic”. I only put quotations there to throw people off as to what my opinion could be, you’re gonna have to read it to find ou…

11. Where Eagles Dare (1968) directed by Brian G. Hutton • Reviews, film + cast

  • 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 ...

  • 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.

12. Where Eagles dare Review | Movie - Empire

  • Aug 3, 2006 · A crack team of commandoes sent to pluck a captured general from, you got it, an impregnable Nazi fortress stuck on the stop of an icy mountain accessed only ...

  • Read the Empire Movie review of Where Eagles dare. Classic War caper with a few too many plot contrivances but high on...

13. Tonight's Movie: Where Eagles Dare (1968)

  • Jun 20, 2023 · Tonight's Movie: Where Eagles Dare (1968) · After the small group of men parachute into Germany, a woman (Mary Ure) emerges from the plane's ...

  • Over the last few years I've gradually been filling in my Clint Eastwood viewing, and this week it was finally time to see one of my husband's favorite Eastwood films, WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968).

14. FILMS… Where Eagles Dare (1968) - Realweegiemidget Reviews

  • Major John Smith and his men are on a stealth mission to rescue an American General from a German fortified castle.

  • More than a fistful of dynamite… Major John Smith and his men are on a stealth mission to rescue an American General from a German fortified castle.

15. Where Eagles Dare (1968) | Dustedoff

  • Nov 21, 2012 · Where Eagles Dare was one of the first war films I ever watched, and till this day, it remains one of my favourite films. When it comes to ...

  • By an odd coincidence, all my entertainment (admittedly quite limited) over the past week has been related in some way or the other to Nazi Germany. I watch almost no TV, but I’ve recently been get…

16. Movie review: 'Where Eagles Dare' - a gator in naples - WordPress.com

  • Jun 15, 2014 · “Where Eagles Dare,” which features then superstar Richard Burton and superstar-to-be Clint Eastwood in the late 1960s.

  • Author Alistair MacLean wrote bestsellers that were turned into films, but his most recognizable is “The Guns of Navarone,” which is a war classic. Not quite the classic is “Where Eagles Dare,” nor…

17. My favourite film aged 12: Where Eagles Dare - The Guardian

  • Apr 2, 2020 · The first shots are fired after 50 minutes; the first action sequence is after 59; it's an hour and 24 minutes in before Burton reveals his ...

  • Continuing our series in which writers revisit childhood movie passions, we find out if a war film from a pre-greenscreen era holds up in the digital age

18. Book Review: Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean; the Original Novel ...

  • Jun 25, 2012 · Where Eagles Dare, while not always believable, is certainly the best film based on a MacLean novel. His role as screenwriter was essential to ...

  • Review of a first edition of Where Eagles Dare, the original book

19. Where Eagles Dare ... 1968 War Classic - The Silver Screen Oasis

  • Jun 10, 2012 · Burton with Mary Ure who played Mary Ellison and Eastwood with Ingrid Pitt who played Heidi. They were sensational in this movie. From Internet ...

  • Starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood ... and host of others great actors and actresses. They wore captured German Uniforms to retrieved an Important American General. Burton with Mary Ure who played Mary Ellison and Eastwood with Ingrid Pitt who played Heidi. They were sensational in this movie.

20. Where Eagles Dare - Movie Reviews | Rotten Tomatoes

  • A classic of its time, this riveting WWII drama is rife with great action sequences (the cable car!) and shock twists pulled out of thin air. Three escapist ...

  • Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets

21. Where Eagles Dare (1968) Starring: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood ...

  • Oct 11, 2006 · It starts with a group of British (and one American) agents flying into Germany disguised a Nazi soldiers. It ends with the surviving members ...

  • The Three Movie Buffs review Where Eagles Dare (1968) Starring: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure

22. Where Eagles Dare (1968) | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA

  • Where Eagles Dare ... 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 ...

  • Information on the 1968 film Where Eagles Dare.

Reviews Of Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Top Articles
Latest Posts
Recommended Articles
Article information

Author: Errol Quitzon

Last Updated:

Views: 5874

Rating: 4.9 / 5 (59 voted)

Reviews: 90% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Errol Quitzon

Birthday: 1993-04-02

Address: 70604 Haley Lane, Port Weldonside, TN 99233-0942

Phone: +9665282866296

Job: Product Retail Agent

Hobby: Computer programming, Horseback riding, Hooping, Dance, Ice skating, Backpacking, Rafting

Introduction: My name is Errol Quitzon, I am a fair, cute, fancy, clean, attractive, sparkling, kind person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.