Eagle Has Landed, The / The Ipcress File

Film profile: Eagle Has Landed, The / The Ipcress File

A Micheal Caine double bill on one disc.
THE IPCRESS FILE: Michael Caine plays master spy Harry Palmer, in this mystery thriller about an undercover gang who brainwash England's leading scientists.
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: 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 Fuhrer. 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. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED is an enjoyable Alistair MacLean-like mission impossible, ably served by Sturges and a stellar cast.

Actor(s) :		Maurice Roeves , Jenny Agutter (Voice) , Sven-Bertil Taube
Director(s) :		John Sturges , Sidney J. Furie
Genre :		War
Classification :		Suitable for 15 years and over.
Production year :		1977/1965

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Eagle Has Landed, The / The Ipcress File (Two Discs) Sound : Dolby Digital Mono Language : English Runtime (min) : 221 Region : Region 2 Studio : TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, CARLTON VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT LTD, THE ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK, GRANADA VENTURES LTD Released : 17/03/2003 Catalogue no : 37115 04693