The Eagle Has Landed

All-action World War II adventure about a crack troop of Nazi paratroopers sent to England to kidnap Winston Churchill and transport him to Germany. An English-hating Irishman is recruited by the Germans to spearhead the plan. If the attempt to snatch the British prime minister succeeds, the course of the war could be altered. Can the plot be stopped? Based on the fanciful bestseller by Jack Higgins., WWII melodrama about a German plot to abduct Winston Churchill as a pawn. Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Larry Hagman, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, Jean Marsh. Von Neustadt: Sven-Bertil Taube. Pamela: Judy Geeson. Directed by John Sturges., Hitler sends a German parachute unit to England on a daring mission to kidnap Winston Churchill and take him to Berlin. Could the seemingly impossible mission actually work?, WWII melodrama about a German plot to abduct Winston Churchill as a pawn., All-action World War II adventure about a crack troop of Nazi paratroopers sent to England to kidnap Winston Churchill and transport him to Germany. An English-hating Irishman is recruited by the Germans to spearhead the plan. If the attempt to snatch the British prime minister succeeds, the course of the war could be altered. Can the plot be stopped?, World War II melodrama about a German plot to abduct Winston Churchill as a pawn., All-action World War II adventure about a crack squad of Nazi paratroopers sent to England to kidnap Winston Churchill and transport him to Germany. If the attempt to snatch the British prime minister succeeds, the course of the war could be altered. Can the plot be stopped? Based on the fanciful bestseller by Jack Higgins., John Sturges directed this taut adaptation of Jack Higgins’ suspense novel about an attempted kidnapping of Winston Churchill by the German high command during World War II. When it is discovered that in November 1943 Winston Churchill is scheduled to spend a weekend in a country home in Norfolk, the Germans plan to kidnap him. Heinrich Himmler (Donald Pleasence), under orders from Hitler, assigns Nazi colonel Max Radl (Robert Duvall) the chore of sneaking the English-hating Irishman Liam Devlin (Donald Sutherland) into the British countryside and arranging for a 16-man task force to be parachuted into the English country town of Sudley Constable, under the auspices of Colonel Kurt Steiner (Michael Caine). The efficient planning works too well, and before long their exactingly perfect timetable begins to come apart., All-action World War II adventure about a crack squad of Nazi paratroopers sent to England to kidnap Winston Churchill and transport him to Germany. An English-hating Irishman is recruited by the Germans to spearhead the plan. If the attempt to snatch the British prime minister succeeds, the course of the war could be altered. Can the plot be stopped? Based on the fanciful bestseller by Jack Higgins., In military jail for saving a Jewish woman from the SS, Nazi Colonel Steiner is given the opportunity to escape – if he agrees to dress up as a Pole and lead a plot to abduct Winston Chruchill. Cracking war thriller based on the Jack Higgins bestseller, and the last film of director John Sturges.