Excellent action adventure

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2008)

The saga of Richard Burton's film career may have waned through highs and lows at the time of the making of Where Eagles Dare where his great acting talent and voice was often wasted in inept films that would continue almost late in his career. However, in where Eagles Dare, there was this excellent pairing of Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood in lead roles on what was basically a World War II Spy film set in winter conditions in the Bavarian Alps when security was the main issue and just consider how impossible that mission was. Richard Burton nevertheless gave an excellent performance throughout the film's length and there is some brilliant dialogue between Burton and Eastwood that helped make this an excellent action adventure from start to finish.