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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.
In 1969 he took on the role of DCI Jordan in the police drama Special Branch. Nesbitt has also appeared in film roles such as a predatory blackmailer of gay men in Victim (1961), a murderous pimp in The Informers (1963), a slimy assassin in Nobody Runs Forever , and the suspicious Gestapo officer in Where Eagles Dare (1968).
Where Eagles Dare: Winkast Film Productions: Brian G. Hutton (director); Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure: 13 Charro! National General Pictures: Charles Marquis Warren (director); Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Victor French: The Love Bug: Walt Disney Productions: Robert Stevenson (director); Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson: 26 100 ...
Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 war adventure film, based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean. Where Eagles Dare also may refer to: "Where Eagles Dare" (Misfits song), a song by the Misfits from their 1979 single "Night of the Living Dead" "Where Eagles Dare", a song by Iron Maiden from their 1983 album Piece of Mind
MacLean also wrote a novel for Where Eagles Dare, after the screenplay, which was published in 1967 before the film came out. The book was a bestseller, and the 1968 film version was a huge hit. [33] "MacLean is a natural storyteller", said Kastner. "He is a master of adventure. All his books are conceived in cinematic terms.
His film appearances included: The Plague of the Zombies (1966), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Villain (1971), The Wild Geese (1978) and The Sea Wolves (1980). [4] He was a close friend, assistant and advisor to actor Richard Burton who had known him since he was a child and he appeared in several films in which ...
He scored over 70 films in a career lasting over fifty years. His most famous works included Where Eagles Dare, Battle of Britain, 633 Squadron, Margaret Rutherford's Miss Marple films, and Frenzy. Born in Plymouth, Devon, England, [1] Goodwin learned to play the piano and trumpet from the age of five which allowed him to join the school band.
List of songs based on a film Song Artist Film Ref. "2HB" Roxy Music: Casablanca [1] [2]"Alice" Avril Lavigne: Alice in Wonderland [3]"The American Nightmare" Ice Nine Kills