Örnnästet
Where Eagles Dare

Krig

Clint Eastwood	Morris Schaffer
Robert Beatty	George Carnaby
Richard Burton	Jonathan Smith
Peter Barkworth	Edward Berkeley
Michael Hordern	Rolland
Donald Houston	James Christiansen
William Squire	Philip Thomas
Mary Ure	Mary Elison
Patrick Wymark	Wyatt Turner
Brook Williams	Harrod

Regissör	Brian G. Hutton
Producent	Elliott Kastner; Jerry Gershwin
Manusförfattare	Alistair MacLean

Set during World War II, an allied aircraft is shot down over Nazi controlled territory. The Nazi's capture and imprison American General George Carnaby (Robert Beatty) who is the lone survivor. The British assemble a team, mainly of British commandos to either kill or rescue the general who has complete knowledge of the Allied D-Day invasion plans, before he is made to reveal the plans to the Germans. The rescue team includes Major John Smith (Richard Burton), American Ranger Lieutenant Morris Schaffer (Clint Eastwood) and a female agent, Mary Elison (Mary Ure). However, as the mission progresses all is not as it initially seems...