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The Eagle Has Landed (1976) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 14, 2000
• R2: 14 Apr 2003
Budget USD 6,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
2 hours, 14 minutes
Country UK
Studio Associated General Films, Columbia Pictures, Filmways Australasian Distributors, ITC Films
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Other Titles
• Der Adler ist gelandet (1977)
• La Notte dell'aquila (1976)
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Genre: Adventure, War, Drama, Suspense, World War II, Spy, Kidnapping, Space
Tagline: In 1943 sixteen German paratroopers landed in England. In three days they nearly won the War.
Plot: John Sturges's adaptation of Jack Higgins's best-selling suspense novel stars Michael Caine as Nazi Col. Kurt Steiner. 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 Der Führer. Heinrich Himmler (Donald Pleasence) assigns Col. Max Radl (Robert Duvall) to mastermind the operaton. He enlists the aid of Steiner, who has been imprisoned for subordination and is awaiting sentence, by offering him a chance to save his life. Liam Devlin (Donald Sutherland), an IRA lifer who hates the British, also signs on for the mission. Steiner and his commando team parachute into the small village of Sudley disguised as Polish soldiers and appear to the populace to be paratroopers running through exercises. As they await the arrival of Churchill, one of the commandos rescues a boy from drowning in a nearby river, inadvertently revealing his Nazi colors in the process. Steiner realizes that some changes will have to made in his timetable. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED is an enjoyable Alistair MacLean-like mission impossible, ably served by Sturges and a stellar cast.
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| Directed by |
John Sturges
The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Bad Day at Black Rock |
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| Written by |
Jack Higgins
A Prayer for the Dying, The Wrath of God, Windsor Protocol | |
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| Cast |
Michael Caine
Batman Begins, Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Cider House Rules |
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 | Robert Duvall
The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Apocalypse Now |
 | Jenny Agutter
An American Werewolf in London, Logan's Run, Walkabout |
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 | Treat Williams
Once Upon a Time in America, The Devil's Own, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead |
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| Music By |
Lalo Schifrin
Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible, Rush Hour |
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