Where Eagles Dare

[Krausse]

Fascinating to watch Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton with their distinctive accents playing alongside a bunch of lesser known actors doing reasonable impressions of Nazi officers !

[Krausse]

Now showing on ITV 4 !

[chrissa1]

A great film. I've lost count of the number of times I've watched it. Has it been on recently again?

[sherrardk]

I love Richard Burton narrating War of the Worlds (but I am bias as I am from the same neck of the woods).

[chrissa1]

The musical soundtrack is unmistakable too.

[DTCwordfan]

Jawohl.

[chrissa1]

I beg your pardon DT!

[Krausse]

Hi Chrissa ! Just channel flicking and there it was ! I think I know the words to this one !

[chrissa1]

1969 Krausse. I can remember swooning when Clint stood at the top of the stairs in the Schloss and used his machine gun on the Germans coming up.
It was the look on his face. Sigh.

[DTCwordfan]

there are some great movies from that era as to WW2 but also some appalling ones which almost go in for the "Donner und Blitzen, der is ein Englander" scripts of comics of that time....

[Krausse]

I know what you mean Chrissa. He just has that languid Californian way about him.

[pips1]

I've always loved Clint Eastwood

[andy-hughes]

It's a great film.

I saw it at the pics on release, and in those days, we were not used to CGI and the usual wizardry that went on, so it looked so real when they were on the cable cars, I could feel my stomach going over!

Watching it in suceeding years, I notice how Mar Ure's hair is never messy, and how the Germans seem unable to hit the back of a bus with their machine guns (literlly!) but the gang's guns start mowing people down with the first bullets.

She was a gorgeous woman, and sadly dead at 42.

[Bazile]

I always feel sorry for that German , after he loses the fight in the cable car . The look on his face , when he realises he is going to plunge to his death .

However , when they show him falling , it's very obvious that it is a dummy .
It just doesn't look right - i suppose film technology was not as good at that time , as these days .

[andy-hughes]

Bazile - one hates to be picky - but one is anyway (!) - the two who die on the cable car - one who falls, and the other blown up - are not Germans, they are British double agents - their exposure was the point of the mission.

[andy-hughes]

She was Steve- they were married at the time of her death. They had eight children between them!

[Bazile]

Interesting things about the film

http://www.whereeagle.../index.php?page=goofs

[Arksided]

Great film, I watched it as a kid I didn't fully get it (Mum Big fan of Richard Burton and especially Clint Eastwood) when I saw it years later brilliant film, ITV4... its sure to be shown again I'll have to catch it next time.