Where Eagles Dare Author:Alistair MacLean This book was made into a movie starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. — Eight allied agents, seven men and a woman, parachute onto a mountainside behind enemy lines in wartime Germany. Their mission: to rescue an American general before the Nazis can force him to reveal secret D-day plans. — The whole cliff-hanging situation "will... more » attack your adrenal glands in a masterful manner...the last act coming up with an astonishing surprise."« less