The Eagle Has Landed

1976 · directed by John Sturges

Rating

67/100

Hit

no

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.

The Eagle Has Landed (1976), directed by John Sturges, rates 67/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

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

Crew

• Anthony B. Richmond — Director of Photography
• Anne V. Coates — Editor
• Lalo Schifrin — Original Music Composer
• Tom Mankiewicz — Screenplay

More from John Sturges

1. The Great Escape (1963) — 84/100 · hit
2. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) — 84/100 · hit
3. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) — 80/100 · hit
4. The Magnificent Seven (1960) — 78/100
5. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) — 71/100
6. Hour of the Gun (1967) — 71/100

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