Review of The Eagle Has Landed (1976) by Sheila C — 01 Jun 2008

Mildly entertaining action/adventure film based on a bestselling novel set in WWII.

This review of The Eagle Has Landed (1976) was written by Sheila C on 01 Jun 2008.

The Eagle Has Landed has generally received positive reviews.

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By Benjamin N (381) on 11 Aug 2011

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This film turned out better than I thought. the love story was badly told so didn't work but the idea for the plot was decent enough…

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A fairly absurd premise, spoiled further by the extremely irritating Donald Sutherland and his stupid whistling dog trick…

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An interesting What if... film. The cast is strong, and gives the German would be assassins a rather good performance…

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Silly but entertaining film. Larry Hagman is especially memorable, as is Michael Caine's 'German' accent…

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Very good but the idea of enemy troops infiltrating a quiet English village was, surely, pioneered in Went The Day Well? more than 30 years earlier…

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