Thursday, January 19, 2017

War Film 7: The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

A sleepy English village is thrown into the centre of the action when a crack troop of Germans arrives, in disguise, to carry out a kidnap plot against Winston Churchill. This fictional 'secret war' encounter, written by Jack Higgins, stars Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Jean Marsh and others and features a captivating mix of behind-the-scenes intrigue and in-yer-face action. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (28.4MB, 1 hour 6 mins).


Recorded Monday 30 May 2016, edited by Murray Ewing.

Notes and Errata: The Geneva Convention came into force in 1931, so was in effect during WWII. 'I Was Monty's Double' was a real-life account written by M. E. Clifton James and published in 1954; it was adapted into a film in 1958 and included a scene at the end where the Germans attempt to kidnap the false Monty.

Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: The Eagle Has Landed (1976).

3 comments:

  1. Sorry (again) that this took so long to post. It was recorded in May 2016 and I couldn't find the time to edit it - thankfully Murray stepped up with a bit of spare time and we've been able to publish. Hopefully (fingers crossed) it won't be so long before the next one ...

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  2. No matter how long it takes, always enjoy hearing you both. :-)

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