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TIL Clint Eastwood thought the script for "Where Eagles Dare" was "terrible" and "all exposition and complications." Eastwood requested that he be given less dialogue. Most of Schaffer's lines were given to Burton, whilst Eastwood handled most of the action scenes.

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