Sonja Henie, who produced this film, meant for it to be the start of a new series for her. However, its spotty distribution (it was never released in the US and only in a few European countries), poor reviews and box-office failure resulted in this being her final film.
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The JU-52 (HB-HOT), used in this movie as the rescue aircraft at the end, crashed into Piz Segnas, a mountain in the Swiss Alps, on August 4, 2018, killing all twenty on-board. It was on a flight from Locarno to Dubendorf, Switzerland.
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Richard Burton received a salary of $1.2 million.
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The "Schloss Adler" is actually the "Schloss Hohenwerfen" in Austria. At the time of filming, the castle was being used as a police training camp. There are no cable cars near Schloss Hohenwerfen. Hence, the cable car shooting was done somewhere else.
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Ingrid Pitt (Heidi) said Richard Burton (Major Jonathan Smith) was drinking very heavily during filming, as he was depressed about the decline of his marriage and his movie career.
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Richard Burton had wanted Leslie Caron for the role of Mary Ellison. Mary Ure had previously co-starred with Burton on "Look Back in Anger (1959)."
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Richard Burton hated the finished film. A lifelong socialist with strong anti-war views, in November 1974 he was banned from the BBC after writing two articles attacking Winston Churchill. One was entitled, "To Know Him Is to Hate Him".
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The castle, Schloss Hohenwerfen, is the same castle that can be seen in the background in a scene from The Sound of Music (1965) when Maria (Dame Julie Andrews) and the kids are singing Do Re Me.
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In "The Longest Day " (1962), Richard Burton's first scene is in conversation with Donald Houston.
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The M43 ski caps worn by Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood have longer peaks as used post war,
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During the scene where John Smith tricks the moles into giving up the data on the Nazi Spy Network, he claims he is a German master spy named Johann Schmidt, which is also the real name of the Red Skull from Marvel Comics who is a villain with ties to the Third Reich.
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Clint Eastwood refused to have his hair cut for his role.
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Stuntman Alf Joint lost three teeth while filming the cable car scene.
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Clint Eastwood referred to this movie as "Where Doubles Dared".
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When Schaffer talks to Major Smith after having stabbed the German officer in the radio room, he says "Fear lent him wings, as the saying goes." He was quoting "L'Honneur du nom" by Émile Gaboriau.
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Richard Burton and Alistair MacLean are both buried in the same tiny graveyard in the Swiss hamlet of Celigny.
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In the novel, Clint Eastwood's character, Major Schaffer does not kill anyone.
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Director Brian G. Hutton played to his actors' strengths, allowing for Richard Burton's theatrical background to help the character of Smith and Clint Eastwood's quiet demeanor to establish Schaffer.
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The German helicopter was actually an American made Bell 47, which was introduced in 1946. The German helicopters at the time used airplane-styled fuselages with the rotor on a tall frame, One version had twin rotors mounted on frames protruding from the right and left. There were only a two models of German helicopters and very few in use, as Allied bombing strikes on factories, along with the focus on attack aircraft sidelining production.
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This is one of the first movies to use front projection effect. Specifically, this technology enabled filming of the scenes where the actors are on top of the cable car.
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Where Eagles Dare - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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