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Category: Action
All Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Release Year: 1968
Country: USA, UK
Runtime: 149
Rating: 7.6 (0)
Languages: English, German
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Sound: 70 mm 6-Track, Mono
Taglines:They look like Nazis but . . . The Major is British . . . The Lieutenant is American . . . The Beautiful Frauleins are Allied Agents! One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II. They dare to climb a terrifying new peak in suspense... all the way up to hell! These people work for the military. First theyre going to get the enemy... then theyre going after the brass that sent them.
Writing by: Alistair MacLean - novel (uncredited)
Alistair MacLean - story and screenplay
Produced by: Denis Holt - associate producer
Elliott Kastner - producer
Jerry Gershwin - executive producer (uncredited)
Cast: Richard Burton - Maj. Jonathan Smith, MC
Clint Eastwood - Lt. Morris Schaffer
Mary Ure - Mary Elison
Patrick Wymark - Col. Wyatt Turner, DSO MC
Michael Hordern - Adm. Rolland
Donald Houston - Capt. James Christiansen
Peter Barkworth - Edward Berkeley
William Squire - Capt. Philip Thomas
Robert Beatty - Gen. George Carnaby
Brook Williams - Sgt. Harrod
Neil McCarthy - Sgt. Jock MacPherson
Music: Ron Goodwin
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner... but thats not all thats really going on.
Plot: During WW2 a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, an American General, and take him to the nearest SS headquarters. Unknown to the Germans the General has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. The British decide that the General must not be allowed to divulge any details of the Normandy landing at all cost and order Major John Smith to lead a crack commando team to rescue him. Amongst the team is an American Ranger, Lieutenant Schaffer, who is puzzled by his inclusion in an all British operation. When one of the team dies after the parachute drop, Schaffer suspects that Smiths mission has a much more secret objective.
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
After the end credits, there is a brief heartwarming family scene, and a question from Liz.
Goofs: We know about 43 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: When Shaffer starts the cable car and runs to it to jump on himself, it doesnt actually start moving until he is nearly aboard.
Trivia: There are 16 entries in the trivia list - like these:
All Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Release Year: 1968
Country: USA, UK
Runtime: 149
Rating: 7.6 (0)
Languages: English, German
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Sound: 70 mm 6-Track, Mono
Taglines:
Writing by: Alistair MacLean - novel (uncredited)
Alistair MacLean - story and screenplay
Produced by: Denis Holt - associate producer
Elliott Kastner - producer
Jerry Gershwin - executive producer (uncredited)
Cast: Richard Burton - Maj. Jonathan Smith, MC
Clint Eastwood - Lt. Morris Schaffer
Mary Ure - Mary Elison
Patrick Wymark - Col. Wyatt Turner, DSO MC
Michael Hordern - Adm. Rolland
Donald Houston - Capt. James Christiansen
Peter Barkworth - Edward Berkeley
William Squire - Capt. Philip Thomas
Robert Beatty - Gen. George Carnaby
Brook Williams - Sgt. Harrod
Neil McCarthy - Sgt. Jock MacPherson
Music: Ron Goodwin
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner... but thats not all thats really going on.
Plot: During WW2 a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, an American General, and take him to the nearest SS headquarters. Unknown to the Germans the General has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. The British decide that the General must not be allowed to divulge any details of the Normandy landing at all cost and order Major John Smith to lead a crack commando team to rescue him. Amongst the team is an American Ranger, Lieutenant Schaffer, who is puzzled by his inclusion in an all British operation. When one of the team dies after the parachute drop, Schaffer suspects that Smiths mission has a much more secret objective.
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
After the end credits, there is a brief heartwarming family scene, and a question from Liz.
Goofs: We know about 43 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: When Shaffer starts the cable car and runs to it to jump on himself, it doesnt actually start moving until he is nearly aboard.
Trivia: There are 16 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- The driving force behind the film was Richard Burtons stepson, who wanted to see his stepfather in a good old-fashioned adventure movie. Burton approached producer Elliott Kastner for ideas, who asked Alistair MacLean. At that time, most of MacLeans novels had either been made into films, or were in the process of being filmed. Kastner persuaded MacLean to write a new story. Six weeks later, MacLean delivered the script.
- Clint Eastwood was reluctant to receive second billing to Burton, but agreed after being paid $800,000.
- The "Schloss Adler" is actually the "Schloss Hohenwerfen" in Austria. At the time of filming, the castle was being used as a police training camp. There are no cable cars near Schloss Hohenwerfen. Hence the Cable Car shooting is done somewhere else.
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