---
title: 'Where Eagles Dare (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Brian G. Hutton'
released: '1968-12-04'
runtime_minutes: 158
certification: 'M/PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/where-eagles-dare-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065207/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Where Eagles Dare (1968)

1968 · M/PG · 158 min · Drama, Action, Adventure, War · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 action adventure war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. Set during World War II, it follows a Special Operations Executive team charged with saving a captured American General from the fictional Schloß Adler fortress, except the mission turns out not to be as it seems. It was filmed in Panavision using the Metrocolor process, and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alistair MacLean wrote the screenplay, his first, at the same time that he wrote the novel of the same name. Both became commercial successes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Brian G. Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-g-hutton)
- **Screenplay:** [Alistair MacLean](https://cinepixo.com/people/alistair-maclean)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ron Goodwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-goodwin)
- **Producer:** [Elliott Kastner](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-kastner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Ibbetson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-ibbetson)
- **Editor:** [John Jympson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-jympson)

## Cast

- [Anton Diffring](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-diffring)
- [Mary Ure](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-ure)
- [Derren Nesbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/derren-nesbitt)
- [Robert Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-beatty)
- [Ferdy Mayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdy-mayne)
- [Richard Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-burton)
- [Donald Houston](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-houston)
- [Neil McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-mccarthy)
- [Patrick Wymark](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-wymark)
- [Ingrid Pitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-pitt)
- [Olga Lowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-lowe)
- [William Squire](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-squire)
- [Ivor Dean](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivor-dean)
- [Michael Hordern](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hordern)
- [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/where-eagles-dare-1968
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