Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure star in this classic boys own war time adventure which follows a Special Operations team of men attempting to save a captured American General from the a remote fortress high in the Bavarian Alps. However the mission isn't quite as it seems.
One of those rare films of this ilk without a final showdown with the villain, as with an hour to go, Eastwood shoots Anton Diffring's SS Colonel, Derren Nesbitt's Gestapo Major and Ferdy Maine's General as well as a fleeing female Lieutenant, in a blink and you'll miss it exercise in silenced pistol gun play.
Where Eagles Dare is an annual December treat that's endlessly watchable with it's Alpine winter wonderland location, Clint Eastwood at his coolest, Richard Burton bamboozling everybody, a plot that twists and turns and at some points really does make you ask 'What the f**k?' and a final hour of all out action.
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