Directed by:
John SturgesScreenplay:
Tom MankiewiczCinematography:
Anthony B. RichmondComposer:
Lalo SchifrinCast:
Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, Jean Marsh, Sven-Bertil Taube, Treat Williams, Judy Geeson (more)VOD (3)
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Based on Jack Higgin's bestseller. A group of German Paratroopers are dropped over England. Their mission is to kidnap Winston Churchill. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![John Standing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416797_b986df.jpg)
John Standing
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Chaplin (1992)
King Rat (1965)
![Terence Plummer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088358_d9d0c4.jpg)
Terence Plummer
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Batman (1989)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
![Kent Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343532_404765.jpg)
Kent Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
WarGames (1983)
Time After Time (1979)
Léonie Thelen
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Wolf Kahler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442308_dba7dd.jpg)
Wolf Kahler
German Empire
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
![Denis Lill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/362/161362980_3c35ae.jpg)
Denis Lill
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Batman (1989)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Malcolm Tierney
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Richard Wren
Best movies:
The Hiding Place (1975)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
George Leech
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Thunderball (1965)
Rob Reece
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
The Kansas City Massacre (1975) (TV movie)
Keith Buckley
UK
Best movies:
Excalibur (1981)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Leigh Dilley
Best movies:
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
![Adolf Hitler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271030_7b33cc.jpg)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Benito Mussolini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274477_8b94a2.jpg)
Benito Mussolini (a.f.)
Italy
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) - a.f.
A Special Day (1977) - a.f.
Lune froide (1991) - a.f.
![Otto Skorzeny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279124_dd53de.jpg)
Otto Skorzeny (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) - a.f.
![Joachim von Ribbentrop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275021_1ec50b.jpg)
Joachim von Ribbentrop (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) - a.f.
Verboten! (1959) - a.f.
Rick Parsé
Best movies:
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
David Gilliam
Canada
Best movies:
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Jack McCulloch
USA
Best movies:
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Elvis (1979) (TV movie)
The Big Red One (1980)