The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

Toward the end of World War II, German high command comes up with the idea to kidnap Winston Churchill while he’s staying in a coastal Norfolk village. Michael Caine is tasked with leading this ludicrous mission. I thought Kelly’s Heroes was strange, but this takes it even further. The protagonists are Nazis with no redeeming features beyond that. Their main challenge comes from gung ho American soldiers, exemplified by Larry Hagman’s Colonel. Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall take aim at producing appropriate accents, but the British actors can’t be bothered with such nonsense. It’s silly, but seemingly is playing it straight and still manages to be fairly engaging.   War

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