Where Eagles Dare (1968) – 20 Shocking Secrets They Never Wanted You To Know!

Where Eagles Dare (1968) — Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood star in the WWII action classic, alongside Mary Ure and Ingrid Pitt, directed by Brian Hutton from Alistair MacLean's novel. The true, verified story behind the making of this action classic: the real production secrets, on-set risks, and behind-the-scenes history Hollywood never fully told. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:24 Fact 1 — The Entire Film Was Richard Burton's Son's Idea 1:07 Fact 2 — MacLean Wrote the Script and the Novel at the Same Time 1:51 Fact 3 — Eastwood Hated the Script and Gave All His Lines to Burton 2:41 Fact 4 — Eastwood Demanded Equal Billing and Got Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars 3:28 Fact 5 — The Role Was Also Offered to Lee Marvin, Who Turned It Down 4:16 Fact 6 — Richard Burton Was Drinking Up to Four Bottles of Vodka a Day 5:09 Fact 7 — Burton Used a Hidden Crane to Climb the Castle Walls 6:06 Fact 8 — The Castle Was a Real Austrian Police Academy 7:04 Fact 9 — The Stuntman Who Jumped Between Moving Cable Cars Lost Three Teeth 7:57 Fact 10 — Yakima Canutt Was Pulled Out of Retirement to Direct the Action 8:53 Fact 11 — Ingrid Pitt Was a Real Concentration Camp Survivor 9:44 Fact 12 — An SS Uniform Caused a Baron to Faint on the Street 10:39 Fact 13 — The Director Was Secretly Making a James Bond Film 11:33 Fact 14 — Eastwood Kills More People in This Film Than in Any Other 12:29 Fact 15 — The Aerial Dogfight Used Swiss Air Force Planes Pretending to Be German 13:27 Fact 16 — A Squib Nearly Blinded the Gestapo Villain 14:25 Fact 17 — The Film Was Shot in Blizzards With a Crew of Three Hundred 15:14 Fact 18 — Elizabeth Taylor Visited the Set and Burton Still Disappeared 16:10 Fact 19 — Steven Spielberg Called It His Favourite War Film of All Time 17:16 Fact 20 — The Film Saved Richard Burton's Career Subscribe for more classic film facts every week.