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Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 action adventure war thriller spy film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure.Set during World War II, it follows a Special Operations Executive team charged with saving a captured American General from the fictional Schloß Adler fortress, except the mission turns out not to be as it seems.
MacLean also wrote a novel for Where Eagles Dare, after the screenplay, which was published in 1967 before the film came out. The book was a bestseller, and the 1968 film version was a huge hit. [33] "MacLean is a natural storyteller", said Kastner. "He is a master of adventure. All his books are conceived in cinematic terms.
Where Eagles Dare When Eight Bells Toll is a first-person narrative novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean and published in 1966 . It marked MacLean's return after a three-year gap, following the publication of Ice Station Zebra (1963), during which time he had run several restaurants.
Force 10 from Navarone is a 1978 action war film loosely based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel of the same name.It is a sequel to the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone.The parts of Mallory and Miller are played by Robert Shaw (who died before the film was released), and Edward Fox, succeeding in the roles originally portrayed by Gregory Peck and David Niven.
Brian Geoffrey Hutton (May 2, 1935 [1] – August 19, 2014) was an American actor and film director whose notable credits include the World War II action films Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Kelly's Heroes (1970).
As the article stands now, it seems to conflate discussions of the film and the novel, with the novel itself getting very little attention. As closely related as they are, they should still have separate articles. As the originating work, the novel should be at the plain title Where Eagles Dare and the film article moved to Where Eagles Dare ...
Michael Owens/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles star A.J. Brown understands the importance of knocking out a few pages of a book whenever you can — even on the sidelines of an NFL playoff game.
Where Angels Fear to Tread is a 1905 novel by E. M. Forster.The title comes from a line in Alexander Pope's poem An Essay on Criticism: "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread".