The Eagle Has Landed poster
Director John Sturges
Screenplay Tom Mankiewicz

The Eagle Has Landed

Tagline: The daring World War II plot that changed the course of history.

Release Date: 1976-12-24

Duration: 135 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Michael Caine
    Col. Kurt Steiner
  • Donald Sutherland
    Liam Devlin
  • Robert Duvall
    Col. Max Radl
  • Jenny Agutter
    Molly Prior
  • Donald Pleasence
    Himmler
  • Larry Hagman
    Colonel Pitts
  • Treat Williams
    Captain Clark
  • John Standing
    Father Verecker
  • Denis Lill
    Churchill's aide
  • Jean Marsh
    Joanna Grey