The Eagle Has Landed DVD VIDEO MOVIE Robert Duvall Donald Sutherland soldiers Type: Movie Platform: DVD (Ex-Library) Released: 2000 Media: DVD John Sturges's adaptation of Jack Higgins's best-selling suspense novel stars Michael Caine as Nazi Col. Kurt Steiner. 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 Der Fhrer. Heinrich Himmler (Donald Pleasence) assigns Col. Max Radl (Robert Duvall) to mastermind the operaton. He enlists the aid of Steiner, who has been imprisoned for subordination and is awaiting sentence, by offering him a chance to save his life. Liam Devlin (Donald Sutherland), an IRA lifer who hates the British, also signs on for the mission. Steiner and his commando team parachute into the small village of Sudley disguised as Polish soldiers and appear to the populace to be paratroopers running through exercises. As they await the arrival of Churchill, one of the commandos rescues a boy from drowning in a nearby river, inadvertently revealing his Nazi colors in the process. Steiner realizes that some changes will have to made in his timetable style="font-size: 14px;". THE EAGLE HAS LANDED is an enjoyable Alistair MacLean-like mission impossible, ably served by Sturges and a stellar cast.Product Details Number of Discs: 1 Rating: PG (MPAA) Film Country: USA UPC: 012236104193 Additional Details Genre: Action/Adventure Format: DVD "...A good old-fashioned adventure movie that is so stuffed with robust incidents and characters that you can relax and enjoy it....Refreshing..."New York Times - Vincent Canby (03/26/1977)"A fitting late-'70s swan song for John Sturges."Uncut - Andrew Sumner (07/01/2004)For DVD Player [Ex-Library Edition: May contain stickers/markings] (North American NTSC)
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