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Alistair MacLean

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Alistair Stuart MacLean (Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. [1]

94 relations: Able seaman (rank), Aegean Sea, Alastair Dunnett, Algis Budrys, Anti-aircraft warfare, Arctic convoys of World War II, Athabasca (novel), Battle of the Atlantic, Bear Island (film), Bear Island (novel), Breakheart Pass (film), Breakheart Pass (novel), British Malaya, Caravan to Vaccarès, Caravan to Vaccarès (film), Céligny, Changi Prison, Church of Scotland, Circus (novel), Crete, Daviot, Highland, Death Train, Dido-class cruiser, Doctor of Letters, EBSCO Industries, Fear Is the Key, Fear Is the Key (film), Floodgate (novel), Force 10 from Navarone, Force 10 from Navarone (film), Glasgow, Golden Rendezvous, Goodbye California, Hammond Innes, HarperCollins, Hillhead High School, HMS Ulysses (novel), Ice Station Zebra, Ice Station Zebra (novel), Inverness, Inverness Royal Academy, Kirkus Reviews, List of Scottish novelists, Master mariner, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, Milos, Munich, Myanmar, Night Watch (1995 film), Night Without End, ..., Operation Dragoon, Ordinary seaman (rating), Partisans (novel), Prisoner of war, Puppet on a Chain, Puppet on a Chain (film), Richard Burton, River of Death, River of Death (film), Royal Navy, Rutherglen, San Andreas (novel), Santorini (novel), Scottish Gaelic, Seawitch, Shettleston, Short story, Singapore, South by Java Head, South-East Asian theatre of World War II, Star-Banner, Stonelaw High School, Sumatra, Tax exile, The Australian Women's Weekly, The Dark Crusader, The Golden Gate (MacLean novel), The Golden Rendezvous, The Guns of Navarone (film), The Guns of Navarone (novel), The Hostage Tower, The Last Frontier (novel), The New York Times, The New York Times Best Seller list, The Satan Bug, The Satan Bug (novel), The Secret Ways, The Way to Dusty Death, Thriller (genre), UNACO, University of Glasgow, When Eight Bells Toll, When Eight Bells Toll (film), Where Eagles Dare. Expand index (44 more) »

Able seaman (rank)

In the British Royal Navy in the middle of the 18th century, the term able seaman (abbreviated AB) referred to a seaman with more than two years' experience at sea and considered "well acquainted with his duty".

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Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea (Αιγαίο Πέλαγος; Ege Denizi) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey.

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Alastair Dunnett

Sir Alastair MacTavish Dunnett (26 December 1908 – 2 September 1998) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper editor.

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Algis Budrys

Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action."AAP-6 They include ground-and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).

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Arctic convoys of World War II

The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia.

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Athabasca (novel)

Athabasca is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1980.

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Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945.

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Bear Island (film)

Bear Island is a 1979 Anglo-Canadian thriller film loosely based on the novel Bear Island by Alistair MacLean.

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Bear Island (novel)

Bear Island is a thriller novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Breakheart Pass (film)

Breakheart Pass is a 1975 American western adventure film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland.

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Breakheart Pass (novel)

Breakheart Pass is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean (1922-1987), first published in 1974.

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British Malaya

The term British Malaya loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British control between the 18th and the 20th centuries.

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Caravan to Vaccarès

Caravan to Vaccarès is a novel by author Alistair MacLean, originally published in 1970.

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Caravan to Vaccarès (film)

Caravan to Vaccarès is a 1974 British-French action film directed by Geoffrey Reeve and starring David Birney, Charlotte Rampling and Michael Lonsdale.

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Céligny

Céligny is a municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

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Changi Prison

Changi Prison Complex (樟宜监狱; Penjara Changi; சாங்கி சிறைச்சாலை), often simply known as Changi Prison, is a prison located in Changi in the eastern part of Singapore.

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Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (The Scots Kirk, Eaglais na h-Alba), known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is the national church of Scotland.

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Circus (novel)

Circus is a novel written by the Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Crete

Crete (Κρήτη,; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Daviot, Highland

Daviot (Gaelic: Deimhidh) is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Death Train

Death Train (also known as Detonator) is a 1993 made-for-TV movie featuring Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Lee, Ted Levine, and Alexandra Paul.

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Dido-class cruiser

The Dido class was a class of sixteen (including five within the Bellona sub-class) light cruisers built for the British Royal Navy.

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Doctor of Letters

Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., D. Lit., or Lit. D.; Latin Litterarum Doctor or Doctor Litterarum) is an academic degree, a higher doctorate which, in some countries, may be considered to be beyond the Ph.D. and equal to the Doctor of Science (Sc.D. or D.Sc.). It is awarded in many countries by universities and learned bodies in recognition of achievement in the humanities, original contribution to the creative arts or scholarship and other merits.

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EBSCO Industries

EBSCO Industries is an American company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Fear Is the Key

Fear Is the Key is a 1961 first-person narrative thriller novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Fear Is the Key (film)

Fear Is the Key is a 1972 film directed by Michael Tuchner and based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean.

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Floodgate (novel)

Floodgate is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1983.

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Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone is a World War II novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Force 10 from Navarone (film)

Force 10 from Navarone is a 1978 British-American war film loosely based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel of the same name.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Golden Rendezvous

Golden Rendezvous is a 1977 South African action thriller film directed by Ashley Lazarus and starring Richard Harris, Ann Turkel and Gordon Jackson.

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Goodbye California

Goodbye California is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1977.

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Hammond Innes

Ralph Hammond Innes, CBE (15 July 1913 – 10 June 1998) was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as children's and travel books.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Hillhead High School

Hillhead High School is a day school in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oakfield Avenue, neighbouring the University of Glasgow.

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HMS Ulysses (novel)

HMS Ulysses was the debut novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 Metrocolor Cold War era suspense and espionage film directed by John Sturges, starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown.

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Ice Station Zebra (novel)

Ice Station Zebra is a 1963 thriller novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Inverness

Inverness (from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness", Inerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands.

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Inverness Royal Academy

Inverness Royal Academy is a comprehensive secondary school in the city of Inverness in the Highland area of Scotland.

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Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews (or Kirkus Media) is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980).

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List of Scottish novelists

List of Scottish novelists is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish novelists.

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Master mariner

A Master Mariner is the professional qualification required for someone to serve as the Captain of a commercial vessel of any size, of any type, operating anywhere in the world.

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Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

The Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre was a major theatre of operations during the Second World War.

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Milos

Milos or Melos (Modern Greek: Μήλος; Μῆλος Melos) is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete.

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Munich

Munich (München; Minga) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Night Watch (1995 film)

Night Watch (also known as Detonator II: Night Watch) is a 1995 American television spy film directed by David Jackson starring Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul.

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Night Without End

Night Without End is a thriller novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1959.

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Operation Dragoon

Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the Allied invasion of Southern France on 15August 1944.

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Ordinary seaman (rating)

Ordinary seaman is a military rank used in naval forces.

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Partisans (novel)

Partisans is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1982.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Puppet on a Chain

Puppet on a Chain is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Puppet on a Chain (film)

Puppet on a Chain is a 1971 British thriller film directed by Geoffrey Reeve and starring Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins and Alexander Knox.

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Richard Burton

Richard Burton, CBE (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 19255 August 1984) was a Welsh actor.

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River of Death

River of Death is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1981.

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River of Death (film)

River of Death is a 1989 American action film written and directed by Steve Carver and starring Michael Dudikoff.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Rutherglen

Rutherglen (Ruglen) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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San Andreas (novel)

San Andreas is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1984.

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Santorini (novel)

Santorini is the final Novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1986.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Seawitch

Seawitch is a novel written by the Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Shettleston

Shettleston (Shuttlestoun, Baile Nighean Sheadna) is an area in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland.

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Short story

A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood, however there are many exceptions to this.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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South by Java Head

South by Java Head is the third novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, and was first published in 1958.

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South-East Asian theatre of World War II

The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was the name given to the campaigns of the Pacific War in Burma, Ceylon, India, Thailand, Philippines, Indochina, Malaya and Singapore.

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Star-Banner

The Star-Banner is the daily newspaper in Ocala, Florida, United States and serves Marion County and the surrounding communities.

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Stonelaw High School

Stonelaw High School is a non-denominational state high school located in Rutherglen, Scotland near the city of Glasgow.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is an Indonesian island in Southeast Asia that is part of the Sunda Islands.

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Tax exile

A tax exile is a person who leaves a country to avoid the payment of income tax or other taxes.

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The Australian Women's Weekly

The Australian Women's Weekly, sometimes known as simply The Weekly, is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Bauer Media Group in Sydney.

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The Dark Crusader

The Dark Crusader is a 1961 thriller novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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The Golden Gate (MacLean novel)

The Golden Gate is a novel written by the Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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The Golden Rendezvous

The Golden Rendezvous is a novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, and was first published in 1962.

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The Guns of Navarone (film)

The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 British-American epic adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson.

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The Guns of Navarone (novel)

The Guns of Navarone is a 1957 novel about the Second World War by Scottish writer Alistair MacLean that was made into the film The Guns of Navarone in 1961.

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The Hostage Tower

The Hostage Tower is a 1980 American spy and thriller telemovie starring Peter Fonda and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and directed by Claudio Guzmán, well known for his work in sitcoms.

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The Last Frontier (novel)

The Last Frontier is a novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, and was first published in 1959.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New York Times Best Seller list

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.

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The Satan Bug

The Satan Bug is a 1965 American science fiction suspense film from United Artists, produced and directed by John Sturges, that stars George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis and Dana Andrews.

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The Satan Bug (novel)

The Satan Bug is a first-person narrative thriller novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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The Secret Ways

The Secret Ways is a 1961 American thriller film based on Alistair MacLean's novel The Last Frontier.

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The Way to Dusty Death

The Way to Dusty Death is a thriller novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean.

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Thriller (genre)

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres.

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UNACO

UNACO, the United Nations Anti-Crime Organization, is a fictional agency within the United Nations created by author Alistair MacLean.

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University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu; Universitas Glasguensis; abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.

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When Eight Bells Toll

When Eight Bells Toll is a first-person narrative novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean and published in 1966.

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When Eight Bells Toll (film)

When Eight Bells Toll is a 1971 action film set in Scotland, based upon Scottish author Alistair MacLean's 1965 novel of the same name.

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Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 British World War II action film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that stars Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_MacLean

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