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Where Eagles Dare

1968 · directed by Brian G. Hutton · 155 min
23,179 feet · Prominence
1,300th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $21m, re-releases included; about $199m in 2026 money.

Rank1,741 of 11,051In 196812 of 45

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise74

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Classic WWII adventure, cult regard.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.6 from 66kWikipedia25k views a monthAge58 years

Scored beside it · 1,405 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 61 praise 74 legacy 45averages 60, placing it at23,179 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Patrick Wymark▲ Mary Ure

In these careers — elevation for this film

Clint Eastwood19,480 ftRichard Burton19,469 ftPatrick Wymark18,100 ftMary Ure18,024 ft