When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Der Führer.
Oberst Steiner, a German parachute unit commander, is sent to England on a covert mission to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill and bring him to Berlin. The seemingly impossible assignment becomes more and more feasible as the mission grows nearer with Steiner and his men arriving in England to a very real possibility of success.
- Written by Anthony Hughes (husnock31@hotmail.com)
Colonel Steiner is a German Officer in WW II who has been court-marshaled for opposing the SS in rounding up Jews. He is offered an assignment to go to England and abduct Winston Churchill. His loyal parachute group dress as Polish soldiers and take over a small English town, supposedly on a training maneuver to await the coming visit of the Prime Minister.
- Written by John Vogel (jlvogel@comcast.net)
Following Mussolini's daring rescue by the SS, Hitler decides Churchill can be abducted and brought to Berlin and orders Wilhelm Canaris chief of Abwerh to make a feasibility study. The feasibility study conceived brilliantly by redoubtable Lt. Col. Radel becomes reality when an Abwehr agent in England reports Churchill's imminent visit to a Bomber Command Unit on the eastern coast...
- Written by vlady@worldnet.att.net
A German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.
- Written by Anonymous
SYNOPSIS
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Michael Caine | Col. Kurt Steiner |
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Donald Sutherland | Liam Devlin |
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Robert Duvall | Colonel Radl |
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Jenny Agutter | Molly Prior |
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Donald Pleasence | Heinrich Himmler |
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Anthony Quayle | Adm. Wilhelm Canaris |
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Jean Marsh | Joanna Grey |
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Sven-Bertil Taube | Capt. Hans von Neustadt |
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John Standing | Father Verecker |
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Judy Geeson | Pamela Verecker |
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Treat Williams | Capt. Harry Clark |
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Larry Hagman | Col. Clarence E. Pitts |
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Alexei Jawdokimov | Corporal Kuniski |
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Richard Wren | Hans Altmann |
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Michael Byrne | Karl Hofer |
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Joachim Hansen | SS-Obergruppenführer |
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Denis Lill | Churchill's aide |
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Rick Parsé | E-Boat Commander |
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Léonie Thelen | Branna |
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Keith Buckley | Hauptmann Gericke |
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Terence Plummer | Arthur Seymour |
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Tim Barlow | George Wilde (Publican) |
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John Barrett | Laker Armsby |
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Kate Binchy | Mrs. Wilde |
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Maurice Roëves | Maj. Corcoran |
Director | John Sturges |
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Writer | Tom Mankiewicz, Jack Higgins | |
Producer | David Niven Jr., Jack Wiener | |
Musician | Lalo Schifrin | |
Photography | Anthony B. Richmond |
Owner | Kerry & Dawn |
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Location | Movies-01 |
Storage Device | TD 22 |
Purchased | Jul 24, 2017 |
Quantity | 1 |
Seen | Nov 07, 2017 |
Added Date | Jul 24, 2017 15:28:57 |
Modified Date | Apr 17, 2024 00:48:32 |
Screen Ratios | Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
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Audio Tracks | Stereo [English] |
Distributor | Shout! Factory |
Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
Edition Release Date | Oct 15, 2013 |