The Eagle Has Landed
1977
During the final days of World War II, a crack squad of German paratroopers, led by Colonel Steiner, infiltrates a quiet English village with orders to assassinate Winston Churchill. Based on Jack Higgins' bestselling novel, the film blends wartime adventure with moral ambiguity on both sides of the conflict.
Director
- John Sturges
Cast
- Michael Caine
- Donald Sutherland
- Robert Duvall
- Jenny Agutter
- Donald Pleasence
- Anthony Quayle
- Jean Marsh
- Treat Williams
- Larry Hagman
Filming Locations
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Charlestown
Charlestown harbour stood in for the fictional occupied Channel Islands village in the film, with the Pier House Hotel used as the Bell and Dragon pub from which Liam Devlin (Donald Sutherland) is ejected through a window.
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Mapledurham
The Church of St. Margaret is used as the Nazis hideout following their discovery. The house where Liam Devlin first meets Johanna Gray can be passed on the narrow road in to Mapledurham.
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Mapledurham Watermill
The watermill is where the Nazis are first discovered as one of them saves a drowning child.