The Eagle Has Landed (film)

The Eagle Has Landed
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Sturges
Screenplay byTom Mankiewicz
Based onThe Eagle Has Landed
by Jack Higgins
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond
Edited byAnne V. Coates
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byCinema International Corporation
Release dates
  • 25 December 1976 (1976-12-25) (Finland and Sweden)
  • 31 March 1977 (1977-03-31) (UK)
Running time
  • 135 minutes (Europe)
  • 151 minutes (restored version)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,000,000

The Eagle Has Landed is a 1976 British war film directed by John Sturges, and starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall.

Based on the 1975 novel The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins, the film is about a fictional German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill in the middle of the Second World War. The Eagle Has Landed was Sturges's final film, and was successful upon its release.