The Eagle Has Landed

Name: The Eagle Has Landed
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Action, Thriller, War
Released: 1976-12-24
Duration: 2 h 15 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence

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

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

Timing: 2:15 (135 min)

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Release date

1976-12-24

Country

United Kingdom

Production

ITC Entertainment, Associated General Films

Genre

Adventure, Drama, Action, Thriller, War

Budget

$6 000 000

Box office

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Director

John Sturges

Actors

Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, Jean Marsh, Sven-Bertil Taube, John Standing, Judy Geeson
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Scenario

Producer

Jack Wiener, David Niven Jr.

Camera operator

Anthony B. Richmond

Composer

Lalo Schifrin

Artist

Peter Murton

Audition

Irene Lamb

Editing

Anne V. Coates, Basil Rayburn
Whole Team (31)

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

A 1976 adaptation of the eponymous novel by British writer Jack Higgins.
This film was Sturges' last work.
Caine was initially offered the role of Devlin, but he didn't want to play a member of the IRA and asked if he could play Steiner instead. The role of Devlin went to Richard Harris, but due to his feeling that there was a real connection to IRA funding, Donald Sutherland ultimately played the part.