Castle Keep

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Castle Keep (1969)

R 07/23/1969 (US) Comedy, Drama, War 1h 45m

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A one-eyed major and his oddball heroes fight a twentieth-century war in a tenth-century castle!

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During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.

Sydney Pollack

Director
William Eastlake

Novel
David Rayfiel

Screenplay
Daniel Taradash

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Burt Lancaster

Maj. Abraham Falconer
Jean-Pierre Aumont

The Count of Maldorais
Peter Falk

Sgt. Rossi
Bruce Dern

Lt. Billy Byron Bix
Patrick O'Neal

Capt. Lionel Beckman
Astrid Heeren

Therese
Scott Wilson

Cpl. Clearboy
Tony Bill

Lt. Amberjack
Al Freeman Jr.

Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin
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Castle Keep, directed by Sydney Pollack and adapted to screenplay by Daniel Taradash and David Rayfiel from the novel written by William Eastlake. Starring Burt Lancaster, Bruce Dern, Patrick O’Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Peter Falk. Music is by Michel Legrand and cinematography by Henri Decae.

Ambitious for sure, intriguing even, but ultimately a misfiring piece of pretentious tosh! An endgame allegory that finds Lancaster in WWII leading the defence of a medieval castle and its art collection against the German hordes. The action when it comes is savage and c... read the rest.

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