The Eagle Has Landed

About The Eagle Has Landed

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.

John Sturges's The Eagle Has Landed is a 1976 thriller war film. Michael Caine stars as Col. Kurt Steiner, Donald Sutherland as Liam Devlin, Robert Duvall as Col. Max Radl, and Jenny Agutter as Molly Prior.

Released in December 1976, it runs 135 minutes. Written by Tom Mankiewicz. It comes from Associated General Films and ITC Entertainment. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under england, british politics, winston churchill, and benito mussolini. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV in the United States. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 397 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Darkest Hour, and Downfall make useful companions to The Eagle Has Landed, all filed under 1940s and nazi.