World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
Richard Burton
as Maj. Smith
Clint Eastwood
as Lt. Morris Schaffer
Mary Ure
as Mary Ellison
Patrick Wymark
as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
Michael Hordern
as Adm. Rolland
Donald Houston
as Christiansen
Peter Barkworth
as Berkeley
William Squire
as Thomas
Robert Beatty
as Brig. Gen. George Carnaby
Brook Williams
as Sgt. Harrod
Neil McCarthy
as Sgt. Jock MacPherson
Vincent Ball
as Carpenter