The Eagle Has Landed
Dir: John Sturges
1977
****
John Sturges's last ensemble war film is just as good as his first but maybe not as great as The Great Escape which I believe remains his best. It's an interesting concept and nice to see a story 'from the other side' although the accents are a little off putting at times. The love story between Liam Devlin and Molly was another thing I was unconvinced about and I can see why the American audiences never took to it, thanks to Larry Hagman's character I'd imagine, but I thought it was pretty good with memorable performances from Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall.