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Richard Burton heads a group of British commando infiltrators who try to rescue an important source of Allied information recently captured by the Nazis who is being held in a mountaintop castle style prison (not unlike the one in "Grand Illusion"). Clint Eastwood also stars as the only American in this, his first major movie role (although he has little to say). I'd observe that his acting has come a long way since then. The film has terrific action sequences, particularly those involving cable cars. But a helicopter sequnce seems anachronistic. The dialog in stereo is directional and can be enhanced by Dolby Pro Logic II. The laserdisc has a murky looking transfer. "Brod Sored, this is Danny Boy".
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and that it still came in on schedule.
Far from it. Clint was already a big movie star when he made Where Eagles Dare in 1969. His breakthrough came in the three classic Westerns he made for Sergio Leone starting with A Fistful of Dollars in 1964, followed by For A Few Dollars More in 1965, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in 1966. His first starring role in a US film was in 1968's Hang 'Em High ; that was followed by his first film with Don Siegel, Coogan's Bluff , also from 1969 and predating Where Eagles Dare .
I recently saw an interview with Eastwood whre he himself said that
"Where Eagles Dare" was his first major motion picture. Besides, most people even today don't consider the spaghetti westerns as "major".
> > Eastwood ... said that "Where Eagles Dare" was his first major motion picture < <Well, he may hace said that but his filmography says otherwise. He'd already played the lead charactor in five movies before Where Eagles Dare . Perhaps he meant "big budget movie" rather than "movie where he played the lead role."
> > most people even today don't consider the spaghetti westerns as "major" < <
That's a pretty bizarre statement. Most film buffs consider Sergio Leone's three westerns to have been enormously important. Major box office hits in the US and Europe, they transformed Eastwood from the guy who played a secondary character on a TV show into a movie star who could get equal billing with Richard Burton. Leone's unsentimental, violent reinvention of the Western genre and his use of widescreen closeups were tremendously influential on other directors too. It's arguable that Sam Pekinpah would never have convinced a studio to back The Wild Bunch if Leone's trilogy hadn't revived the Western genre. Eastwood's own direction shows a great Leone influence - for example, take a look at Unforgiven which is dedicated to Leone.
I think he meant "major" because he went on to tell of his thrill at being asked by lead Richard Burton to join him and Liz for a a booze party in their suite. Burton was the first big established star he shared billing with.
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