A 1968 WWII action-espionage film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, about a team of Allied agents rescuing a general from an Alpine Nazi castle.
Represents the genre of large-scale British-American war adventure that formed Nolan's early film education at Haileybury, contributing to his lifelong engagement with WWII as a narrative template.
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