[Film] Where Eagles Dare

[Lenny Rider]

BBC 2 now or on Iplayer.

Sir Richard Burton at the top of his game, cementing his legacy as one of the finest British actors to ever grace the silver screen.

 

[Flounce]

A raft of quality actors in the film

 

[Titanic]

Broadsword calling Danny Boy...

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Some brilliant German "war" accents. Huge fan of this film.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Broadsword calling Danny Boy...

This is Danny Boy. Come in. Over.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

BBC 2 now or on Iplayer.

Sir Richard Burton at the top of his game, cementing his legacy as one of the finest British actors to ever grace the silver screen.

Got it on DVD

I was taken to this at the cinema by my mum as an 11th birthday present.
That's my 11th, not my mum's, before any wag piles in

(I was expecting you to be telling is that Clint Eastwood had carked it, by the way )

 

[Jam The Man]

Brilliant, brilliant film.
Was due to visit the Schloß Adler in 2020 until Covid erupted.

I believe Darren Nesbitt who played Major von Hapen has lived in Brighton / Worthing for a while.

 

[ManOfSussex]

What a last line for a film:

Do me a favour, will you? Next time you have one of these things, keep it an all-British operation.
I'll try, Lieutenant.

 

[Jam The Man]

Bit of film trivia… you can see the Schloß Adler in the background during The Sound of Music:

 

[Lenny Rider]

Got it on DVD

I was taken to this at the cinema by my mum as an 11th birthday present.
That's my 11th, not my mum's, before any wag piles in

(I was expecting you to be telling is that Clint Eastwood had carked it, by the way )

Saw it for the first time myself at The Dome Cinema in Sept 1975.

Believe it had its TV network premiere on BBC One on 25th December 1977*, after the legendary Morecambe and Wise Show.

*Still the largest TV audiences ever, Larry Grayson’s Generation Game, The Mike Yarwood Show and then Eric and Ernie, ironically Yarwood is still credited as having the largest audience figure that night, which was put down to people travelling home during Eric and Ernie.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Word is Burton was drinking heavily and a tad depressed during the making of this, often missing days filming.

 

[portlock seagull]

Perfect conditions for watching: winter, dark outside, cold and some snow about.

 

[A1X]

Only a few days after A Bridge Too Far was on as well, two of the best war films going

 

[Is it PotG?]

Only a few days after A Bridge Too Far....

My late uncle was in that. Gave me a t-shirt with the title on it.

 

[PTC Gull]

Thought this was going to be about the Always Ultras trying to escape Kindergarten.
Good film

 

[Papak]

Got it on DVD

Same here, just pulled the case off the shelf and the disc is missing - I'm assuming it is in the DVD player for safe keeping...

I always had a bit of a thing for Mary Ure the ex-wife of Robert Shaw in this movie.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Word is Burton was drinking heavily and a tad depressed during the making of this, often missing days filming.

Yet still turned in a performance like that.

Nominated 7 times for an Oscar before his death in 1984 but unbelievably never won one.

 

[Nitram]

Saw it at the Duke of York’s when it was a flea pit.

 

[METALMICKY]

And the best musical tribute to a great film. And that famous drum intro to die for!

 

[vegster]

If you look on You Tube you can find an edited collection of Lt Shaffer's ( Clint ) kill count...quite an impressive total.