Where Eagles DARE is a 1968 British war film set during World War II. It stars Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure. The film follows a British commando team on a mission to rescue an American general from a Nazi stronghold in the Bavarian Alps. The title of the film comes from the line 'WHERE eagles DARE' which is spoken by Burton's character during the film. The crossword solution for the term WHERE EAGLES DARE is AERIE, which is a noun meaning the nest of an eagle or other large bird of prey.