Where Eagles Dare 1968 Verified Official

The film’s title comes from a line in Shakespeare’s Richard III : “The world is grown so bad / That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.” In 1968, Hollywood dared to perch on the highest, most ridiculous cliff. And we are all better for it.

A flawless piece of winter pulp. Pour a Scotch, turn up the volume, and don’t ask where they got all those extra magazines. ★★★★☆ (4/5) "Broadsword calling Danny Boy... this article is complete." where eagles dare 1968

Critics in 1968 were mixed. They called it “overlong” and “ludicrous.” They weren’t wrong. The plot is a Gordian knot of code names (Broadsword to Danny Boy, anyone?). The German soldiers have the aim of stormtroopers from Star Wars . And the ending, where the heroes casually fly away in a captured Nazi plane, defies all physics. The film’s title comes from a line in