The Eagle Has Landed
After Mussolini was deposed and imprisoned by the Italian government, Otto Skorzeny led a German team and achieved his release and escape from Italy. Hitler, with the strong support of Himmler, considered a similar plan to kidnap British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr (German military intelligence), is ordered to make a feasibility study of capturing Churchill and taking him to the Reich. Canaris realises that although Hitler will soon forget the matter, Himmler will not. Fearing Himmler may try to discredit him, Canaris orders one of his officers, Oberst Radl, to undertake the study, despite feeling that it is all a waste of effort.
Printing History
Written by Henry Patterson (1929- )
Collins
ISBN 0-00-221208-0
September 1975
Bantam Books
ISBN 0-553-02500-7
1975
The Film
(1976)
Plot
Admiral Canaris, head of German military intelligence, is ordered by Adolf Hitler to make a feasibility study into capturing the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Cast
Directed by John Sturges
Michael Caine as Oberst Kurt Steiner
Donald Sutherland as Liam Devlin
Robert Duvall as Oberst Max Radl
Jenny Agutter as Molly Prior
Donald Pleasence as Heinrich Himmler
Anthony Quayle as Adm. Wilhelm Canaris
Jean Marsh as Joanna Grey
Treat Williams as Capt. Harry Clark
Larry Hagman as Col. Clarence E. Pitts
Michael Byrne as Karl
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