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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 84%, Metacritic 63/100. Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 82% of the 196 1960s adventure movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 35m.
Synopsis
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic63/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
1,027 audience votes
Key crew
- Brian G. HuttonDirector
- Ron GoodwinOriginal Music Composer
- Alistair MacLeanScreenplay
Cast
- Richard BurtonMaj. Smith
- Clint EastwoodLt. Morris Schaffer
- Mary UreMary Ellison
- Patrick WymarkCol. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
- Michael HordernAdm. Rolland
- Donald HoustonChristiansen
- Peter BarkworthBerkeley
- William SquireThomas
- Robert BeattyBrig. Gen. George Carnaby
- Brook WilliamsSgt. Harrod
- Neil McCarthySgt. Jock MacPherson
- Vincent BallCarpenter
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Themes
undercover agentnazigermanyliberation of prisonerssecret missionspyworld war iibavaria, germanymountaincastletwo man armyparachute
The Best Movies of 1968
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