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Based on the 1975 novel The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins, the film is about a fictional German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill in the middle of the Second World War. The Eagle Has Landed was Sturges's final film, and was successful upon its release.
Dec 25, 1976 · The Eagle Has Landed: Directed by John Sturges. With Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter. A German plot to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.
- (25K)
- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- John Sturges
- 1976-12-25
Oct 13, 2022 · An increasingly unhinged Hitler, orders a mission to have British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill kidnapped and brought to Germany. The plan seems ludicrous in the extreme, but a message sent...
- 131 min
- 4.5K
- adventuresinCRT
During World War II, Nazi officer Max Radl (Robert Duvall) devises a plan to kidnap or kill the British prime minister.
- (14)
- John Sturges
- PG
- Michael Caine
The Eagle Has Landed is a book by British writer Jack Higgins, set during World War II and first published in 1975. It was quickly adapted into a British film of the same name, released in 1976.
- Jack Higgins
- 1975
A German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II. The film follows the mission of a German officer and his parachute group who dress as Polish soldiers and take over a small English town.
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.
