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.
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Michael Caine | Col. Kurt Steiner |
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Donald Sutherland | Liam Devlin |
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Robert Duvall | Col. Max Radl |
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Jenny Agutter | Molly Prior |
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Donald Pleasence | Himmler |
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Anthony Quayle | Admiral Canaris |
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Jean Marsh | Joanna Grey |
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Sven-Bertil Taube | Captain von Neustadt |
| John Standing | Father Verecker | |
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Judy Geeson | Pamela |
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Treat Williams | Captain Clark |
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Larry Hagman | Colonel Pitts |
| Alexei Jawdokimov | Corporal Kuniski | |
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Michael Byrne | Karl |
| Joachim Hansen | SS-Obergruppenführer | |
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Maurice Roëves | Major Corcoran |
| David Gilliam | ||
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Jeff Conaway | Frazier |
Art |
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| Peter Murton | Production Design |
Camera |
| Anthony B. Richmond | Director of Photography |
Directing |
| John Sturges | Director |
Editing |
| Anne V. Coates | Editor |
Production |
| David Niven Jr. | Producer |
| Jack Wiener | Producer |
| Irene Lamb | Casting |
Sound |
| Lalo Schifrin | Original Music Composer |
Writing |
| Tom Mankiewicz | Screenplay |
| Jack Higgins | Novel |