Where Eagles Dare
Often broadcasted around the festive period is snowy action war film, Where Eagles Dare, which sees a small unit of British soldiers airdropped into the Bavarian mountains, along with an American soldier, to infiltrate a castle occupied by Nazi soldiers who are holding an important general captive. Released in 1968, this is very much Action Man (or G.I. Joe for Americans) in WW2 and has cast a strong influence in more recent action films and video games. Among the task force is Richard Burton as the leader and Clint Eastwood as the American soldier who is brought onboard for reasons not yet clear to him. The mission is a cold and dangerous one that sees the squad well behind enemy lines and within minutes of landing, one of them has been killed. There is a traitor out there but time is pressing and so they make plans to sneak into the fortified castle atop a perilous mountain. Directed by Brian G. Hutton, who would go onto make Kelly's Heroes , Where Eagles Dare runs at a len...
