jakarta
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Where Eagles Dare currently on Channel 5 - just how many bullets does Clint have in that Schmeisser? 
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pasty
A different kind of pasty
Watching it now for the gazillionth time.
Best. War. Film. Ever.
FACT
Best. War. Film. Ever.
FACT
vegster
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Amazing kill count by Clint ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRHqtbt3ORc
Bombadier Botty
Complete Twaddle
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Best...film...ever. If I wasn't making a lasagne I'd be in front of the box. The Gestapo actor (a Brit apparently) actually escapes into the river running along the back of The Schloss Adler at the end, using his lips as a rubber dinghy to sail to unoccupied Iceland where he saw out the war designing and baking ring doughnuts.
Sergei's Celebration
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Everyone knows to set a trip wire behind you, not infront of you then step over it! Silly Smith.
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seagullsovergrimsby
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One of the few films I've watched numerous times on TV and also owned on Betamax , VHS , DVD and BluRay
vegster
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They were fortunate in having a huge army, admittedly most always seemed to be standing around guarding a lamp post or similar and as such didn't last long.
Bombadier Botty
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More historical inaccuracies per two minutes of film than any other film in celluloid history (excuse the pun). The poster of a young Ashley Barnes in full Plymouth Argyle away kit on the back wall of the wood shed ten minutes in being a personal favourite.
Second rate punk?
That was the best I could do in the time.
That makes it worse.
By no means the best film I've ever seen, but it is my favourite film.
That was the best I could do in the time.
That makes it worse.
By no means the best film I've ever seen, but it is my favourite film.
smudge
Up the Albion!
Went to see it at Pool Valley ABC.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Yup. BUT... every time it's on, I always miss the first 20 minutes, so not knowing why Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood are doing this operation.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Because we NEED to win World War II and that involves blowing up a Schloss at the top of a Mountain and killing lots of Germans who can't shoot straight - pretty OBVIOUS I would have thought?
I reckon we could have thrown the bullets at them, and they'd have done the job.
Jam The Man
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Not Andy Naylor
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One tiny thing I've always wondered about. When they phone the German major in Italy to back up Smith's alibi, why does the major say "Give me the water" afterwards?
Seagull on the wing
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Not a bad film for adventure...there were many errors in (ie: exploding the telegraph poles...you actually see the saw marks where they've have pre cut them)...no where near historical facts but there again it does not claim to be...the best fictional war film was by far "The Cruel Sea" so much truth in the story.
Bevendean Hillbilly
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They also had a tendency to run blindly into hails of bullets without trying to sneak up under cover like the allies. They also seemed to fall very easily for non German speaking German soldiers ( actually commandos in disguise) who seem to get through heavily guarded checkpoints by miming or just saying " Nein" to any difficult question. This is shown in several movies ( Kelly's heroes, the Guns of Navarone, etc. ) whereas Germans speaking fluent English in impeccable accents are rumbled very easily by the vicar or a man in a shop (the eagle has landed, battle of the bulge etc.)
KZNSeagull
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I remember going to watch this at the cinema with my family - if it was when it was first released, which it must have been, I was 3 years old! All I remember is that the film was split into 2 parts, all through the first part I was apparently saying "are we going home yet?" and then during the second part I did not utter a sound - too much shooting and stuff!