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The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

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Summary

Second World War adventure starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall. In November 1943, the military authorities in Berlin receive a simple message, "The Eagle Has Landed". It is the start of a daring attempt by a small force of crack German paratroopers to kidnap the British prime minister, Winston Churchill.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

This far-fetched but entertaining wartime thriller, based on Jack Higgins's bestselling novel, stars Michael Caine as an unlikely German colonel who leads a task force that infiltrates an English village in 1943 with the aim of kidnapping prime minister Winston Churchill. Even more unlikely is English-hating Donald Sutherland's Irish accent allied with the cut-glass tones of Jenny Agutter, who plays the local girl he falls for. As a lurking party, the Germans aren't very convincing, but director John Sturges puts some hefty action into the untidy package, while Donald Pleasence's impersonation of Heinrich Himmler is totally credible.

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6.9/10

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Cast

rolenameColonel Kurt SteinerMichael CaineLiam DevlinDonald SutherlandColonel Max RadlRobert DuvallMolly PriorJenny AgutterHeinrich HimmlerDonald PleasenceAdmiral Wilhelm CanarisAnthony QuayleJoanna GreyJean MarshCaptain Ritter NeumannSven Bertil TaubeFather Philip VereckerJohn StandingPamela VereckerJudy GeesonCaptain Harry ClarkTreat WilliamsColonel PittsLarry Hagman

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rolenameDirectorJohn Sturges

Details

Theatrical distributor

C.I.C. (UK)

Languages

English | German | Finnish | Polish

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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