The Eagle Has Landed
The daring World War II plot that changed the course of history.
19762h 15mNo ratings yet
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Thriller
- War
Overview
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.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- england
- 1940s
- nazi
- world war ii
- british politics
- eye patch
- winston churchill
- benito mussolini
- norfolk
- alderney
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 24, 1976
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- ITC Entertainment,Associated General Films
- Cast
- Michael Caine,Donald Sutherland,Robert Duvall,Jenny Agutter,Donald Pleasence,Anthony Quayle,Jean Marsh,Sven-Bertil Taube,John Standing,Judy Geesonand 32 more
- Director
- John Sturges
- Writer
- Tom Mankiewicz,Jack Higgins
- Producer
- Jack Wiener,David Niven Jr.
- Cinematography
- Anthony B. Richmond
- Music
- Lalo Schifrin
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0074452