Where Eagles Dare
One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer, and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II.
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach.It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
- Director
- Brian G. Hutton
- Signature
- Craft · Action · Tension
- Worldwide
- $21M
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World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
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Box Office & Release
Where Eagles Dare returned 2.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $21M
- Release date
- Dec 4, 1968
- Runtime
- 2h 35m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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