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 Hitler.
Acting
Caine's conflicted Steiner steals every scene from actual Churchill.
Direction
Sturges' final film—old Hollywood craftsmanship in every frame.
Writing
Villains you care about? Tom Mankiewicz's sneaky trick.
Director
John Sturges
Michael Caine
Col. Kurt Steiner
Donald Sutherland
Liam Devlin
Robert Duvall
Col. Max Radl
Jenny Agutter
Molly Prior
Donald Pleasence
Himmler
Anthony Quayle
Admiral Canaris
Jean Marsh
Joanna Grey
Sven-Bertil Taube
Captain von Neustadt
John Standing
Father Verecker
Judy Geeson
Pamela
Treat Williams
Captain Clark
Larry Hagman
Colonel Pitts
Alexei Jawdokimov
Corporal Kuniski
Michael Byrne
Karl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Churchill was safely in Tehran during this fictional 1943 timeline—he was never this reachable.
Tom Mankiewicz later wrote three Bond films; this Nazi caper clearly prepped his taste for stylish villains.
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