Kidnapping Winston Churchill during WW II is the plot of the 1976 movie, THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
Yes, the plot sounds intriguing, but is it based on a true mission? We know about failed assassination attempts on Churchill, Hitler, and Mussolini. But what about a kidnapping?
Dan and Tom decode this fun spy movie. What works and what doesn’t in this movie?
They examine the following from THE EAGLE HAS LANDED:
· Is THE EAGLE HAS LANDED a spy movie?
· The stellar cast (Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Donald Sutherland are the stars)
· The Production value
· The Score (listen to find out who the composer was)
· What earlier movies may have influenced this movie
· The good about this movie
· The bad about this movie
· What stuntman ended up shooting himself – (you have to listen to realize this isn’t what these words appear to say)
· Who originally landed the lead
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