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The Eagle Has Landed
A Raoul Walsh-ian war film turned topsy-turvy so that the Nazis take over the Errol Flynn-Ronald Reagan roles. The story has to do with a typically humble Nazi scheme to kidnap Winston Churchill, and the hopelessness of the task adds some firm evidence of action director John Sturges's preoccupation with the pathetic side of heroes. There is some good, boyishly romantic playing by Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, and Robert Duvall as Hitler's dutiful, resigned, and foredoomed henchmen; and, on the opposing team, Treat Williams (the babyfaced detective with the falsetto voice in The Ritz) is possibly the best-acted G.I. since the days of Freddie Steele. 1977.
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MPAA Rating: PG
