Director: John Sturges

Writer: Tom Mankiewicz

From novel: The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins

Keywords: Action/Adventure, WWII

Col. Max Radl of the German Army devises a brazen plan to kidnap Winston Churchill as he weekends in a Norfolk village. Among those selected for the mission is Col. Kurt Steiner, a British-educated officer who committed an act of insubordination; he will receive a full pardon should the mission succeed. Entertaining fiction with a good script, you almost want them to succeed.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jenny Agutter	Actor	20-Dec-1952		Jessica 6 in Logan's Run
Michael Caine	Actor	14-Mar-1933		Get Carter
Jeff Conaway	Actor	5-Oct-1950	27-May-2011	Grease
Robert Duvall	Actor	5-Jan-1931		Tom Hagen in The Godfather
Judy Geeson	Actor	10-Sep-1948		Maggie Conway in Mad About You
Larry Hagman	Actor	21-Sep-1931	23-Nov-2012	J.R. Ewing on Dallas
Jean Marsh	Actor	1-Jul-1934		Co-Creator, Upstairs, Downstairs
Donald Pleasence	Actor	5-Oct-1919	2-Feb-1995	The Great Escape
Anthony Quayle	Actor	7-Sep-1913	20-Oct-1989	Ice-Cold in Alex
John Standing	Actor	16-Aug-1934		British stage and film actor
Donald Sutherland	Actor	17-Jul-1935		The Dirty Dozen
Treat Williams	Actor	1-Dec-1951		Prince of the City

CAST (above the fold)

Michael Caine	...   Col. Kurt Steiner
Donald Sutherland	...   Liam Devlin
Robert Duvall	...   Col. Max Radl
Jenny Agutter	...   Molly Prior
Donald Pleasence	...   Heinrich Himmler
Anthony Quayle	...   Adm. Canaris
Jean Marsh	...   Joanna Grey
Sven-Bertil Taube	...   Capt. von Neustadt
John Standing	...   Fr. Verecker
Judy Geeson	...   Pamela
Treat Williams	...   Capt. Clark
Larry Hagman	...   Col. Pitts
Alexei Jawdokimov	...   Cpl. Kuniski
Jeff Conaway	...   Frazier

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