A daring mission with brave men

Rating: 9/10 (13 January 2010)

The time is winter of 1943-44, when World War II was going on.The Nazies are holding General George Carnaby in a heavily armed fortress.Or that's what the men are supposed to think.A group of men has to parachute into the locality.The man is actually just an actor.Brian G. Hutton is the director of Where Eagles Dare (1968).It's based on Alistair MacLean's novel.Richard Burton does excellent job as the mysterious Major John Smith.Clint Eastwood is terrific as Lieutenant Schaffer.Great job from Mary Ure who plays Mary Elison.This is an great movie with some amazing action.You can see Richard and Clint riding a motorcycle with those Germans trying to catch them.It's thrilling when they install those bombs, and the viewers can just wait for them to hit the wire and the bomb goes off.In the end at the castle offers lots of exciting situations.This movie has no dull moments.