Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 World War II spy film directed by Brian G. Hutton and featuring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. The film's screenplay and eponymous 1967 best-selling novel were written almost simultaneously by Alistair MacLean. It was his first screenplay, and both the film and the novel are considered classics of the genre.
Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton reportedly referred to the film as 'Where Doubles Dare' due to t...
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Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 World War II spy film directed by Brian G. Hutton and featuring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. The film's screenplay and eponymous 1967 best-selling novel were written almost simultaneously by Alistair MacLean. It was his first screenplay, and both the film and the novel are considered classics of the genre.
Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton reportedly referred to the film as 'Where Doubles Dare' due to the amount of time stunt-doubles were used for the stunts performed by their respective roles, most notably featuring Britain's most admired stuntman Alf Joint who doubled for Burton and performed the famous cable-car fight and arguably the greatest stuntman ever, Yakima Canutt, as second-unit director.
The driving force behind the film was Richard Burton's son, who wanted to see his father in a good, old-fashioned adventure war film. Burton approached producer Elliott Kastner for ideas, who consulted with MacLean. At that time, most of MacLean...
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