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The Eagle Has Landed is a 1976 British spy drama film directed by John Sturges and produced by David Niven, Jr. for ITC Entertainment. The screenplay was written by Tom Mankiewicz and Jack Higgins, based on Higgins' novel. The cast includes Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, and Q103784. Anthony B. Richmond served as director of photography, with music composed by Lalo Schifrin and editing by Anne V. Coates. Patrick Allen provided narration.
The film is set in England during World War II and features themes involving Nazis and Benito Mussolini. It has a runtime of 135 minutes or 123 minutes depending on the source. The production budget was 6,000,000. The film was distributed by Titanus and Associated General Films. It is available on video on demand through providers such as Amazon Prime Video and fuboTV. The movie received a PG rating.
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6.6When 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.
Cast
- Michael Caine as Col. Kurt Steiner
- Donald Sutherland as Liam Devlin
- Robert Duvall as Col. Max Radl
- Jenny Agutter as Molly Prior
- Donald Pleasence as Himmler
- Anthony Quayle as Admiral Canaris
Themes
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- england
- world war ii
- benito mussolini
- british politics
- eye patch
- norfolk
- 1940s
- winston churchill
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
26,204 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Eagle Has Landed
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- John Sturges
- Screenwriter
- Jack Higgins
- Cast member
- Michael Byrne
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Producer
- David Niven, Jr.
- Production company
- ITC Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Anthony B. Richmond
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 135
- FilmAffinity ID
- 937916
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Logo eagle has landed de.svg
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- publication date
- 1982-01-28
- film editor
- Anne V. Coates
- title
- The Eagle Has Landed
- distributed by
- Titanus
- narrator
- Patrick Allen
- review score
- 61/100
- capital cost
- 6000000
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