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The Eagle Has Landed

Recently Added • Classics, Drama, War, PG

A Nazi Strike Force plots to kidnap Winston Churchill while he is resting in a desolate Norfolk village. Colonel Radl (Duvall), Colonel Stenier (Caine) and Liam Devlin (Sutherland) are enlisted to carry out the operation, which if successful, would irrevocably alter the outcome of the war. Disguised as Polish airmen, these paratroopers descend upon England only to be interrupted by an unforeseeable incident which threatens to derail their treacherous mission.

Tags
World War II, Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
Cast
Michael Caine Colonel Kurt Steiner
Donald Sutherland Liam Devlin
Robert Duvall Colonel Max Radl
Jenny Agutter Molly Prior
Donald Pleasence Heinrich Himmler
Crew
John Sturges director

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