Where Eagles Dare

Released

Dec 4, 1968

IMDb rating

7.6 / 10 67,442 votes

Recall rating

8.0 / 10 1 rating

Overview

In the winter of World War II , U.S. Army Brigadier General George Carnaby, a chief planner for the Western Front, is captured by the Nazi Germany. He is taken for interrogation to the Hohenwerfen Castle, a mountaintop fortress accessible only by aerial tramway or helicopter. A team of seven Allied commandos, led by British Major John Smith of the Grenadier Guards and U.S. Army Ranger Lieutenant Morris Schaffer, is briefed by Colonel Turner and Admiral Rolland of Secret Intelligence Service. Disguised as German troops, they are to parachute in, enter the castle, and rescue General Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him. After their Ju 52 transport plane drops them in Germany, Smith secretly meets Mary Ellison and Heidi Schmidt, their presence known only to him; Heidi arranges for Mary to be a secretary at the castle.

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Budget

$7,700,000

Box office

$21,000,000