Directed by:
Brian G. HuttonScreenplay:
Alistair MacLeanCinematography:
Arthur IbbetsonComposer:
Ron GoodwinCast:
Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Michael Hordern, Donald Houston, Anton Diffring, Derren Nesbitt, Vincent Ball, Ferdy Mayne, Ingrid Pitt (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
The mission is clear. Get in. Get the general. Get out. Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should also be told to trust nothing - including the search-and-rescue orders just issued. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Richard Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324326_7daee6.jpg)
Richard Burton
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Clint Eastwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267367_5d1356.jpg)
Clint Eastwood
USA
Best movies:
Gran Torino (2008)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
![Mary Ure](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483236_d46deb.jpg)
Mary Ure
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Custer of the West (1967)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
![Michael Hordern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527020_25ef13.jpg)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
![Donald Houston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455779_d217ab.jpg)
Donald Houston
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
![Anton Diffring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/607/160607399_2fab3c.jpg)
Anton Diffring
German Empire
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
![Derren Nesbitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/383/161383685_d8a599.jpg)
Derren Nesbitt
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Room at the Top (1959)
![Vincent Ball](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/371/371118_fc33f5.jpg)
Vincent Ball
Australia
Best movies:
Phar Lap (1983)
Bangkok Hilton (1989) (series)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
![Ferdy Mayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272652_dfd257.jpg)
Ferdy Mayne
German Empire
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Password is Courage (1962)
![Ingrid Pitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/595/160595929_90e5f0.jpg)
Ingrid Pitt
Poland
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
![Neil McCarthy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496895_cbed1e.jpg)
Neil McCarthy
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
![Philip Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/712/163712332_a28559.jpg)
Philip Stone
UK
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
![Anton Rodgers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098841_26ce14.jpg)
Anton Rodgers
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
![Olga Lowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279971_ced8fa.jpg)
Olga Lowe
South Africa
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
![Robert Beatty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/306/165306807_89797d.jpg)
Robert Beatty
Canada
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
![Max Faulkner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442309_e65f38.jpg)
Max Faulkner
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Tarka the Otter (1979)
William Squire
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![Derek Newark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/345/161345753_7b266b.jpg)
Derek Newark
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Masada (1981) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Nigel Lambert
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
![Victor Beaumont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/383/161383204_8af1d4.jpg)
Victor Beaumont
German Empire
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)