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.
Cast
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
Richard Wren
Hans Altmann
Michael Byrne
Karl
Joachim Hansen
SS-Obergruppenführer
Denis Lill
Churchill's aide
Rick Parsé
E-Boat Commander
Léonie Thelen
Branna
Keith Buckley
Hauptmann Gericke
Terence Plummer
Arthur Seymour
Tim Barlow
George Wilde (Publican)
John Barrett
Laker Armsby
Kate Binchy
Mrs. White
Maurice Roëves
Major Corcoran
David Gilliam
Sgt. Murphy
Jeff Conaway
Frazier
Asa Teeter
Major Neuer's Driver
Rob Reece
Corporal Becker
Jack McCulloch
Major Neuer
Siegfried Rauch
Sgt. Brandt
Brian Blessed
Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
Patrick Allen
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Anthony Forrest
Sgt. Hayley (uncredited)
Wolf Kahler
Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)
Roy Marsden
Sturmbannführer Toberg, SS (uncredited)
George Leech
Traumer (uncredited)
Ferdy Mayne
Radl's Doctor (uncredited)
Kent Williams
Mallory (uncredited)
Leigh Dilley
Winston Churchill / George Fowler (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Motorbike Outrider (uncredited)
Walter Henry
Constable (uncredited)
Crew
John Sturges
Director
Tom Mankiewicz
Screenplay
Jack Higgins
Novel
Anne V. Coates
Editor
Anthony B. Richmond
Director of Photography
Terence Churcher
Second Assistant Director
Michael Stevenson
Second Assistant Director
David C. Anderson
Assistant Director
Basil Rayburn
Production Supervisor
Jack Wiener
Producer
David Niven Jr.
Producer
Peter Murton
Production Design
Irene Lamb
Casting
Elsa Fennell
Wardrobe Supervisor
Yvonne Blake
Costume Design
Mike Jones
Hairdresser
Eric Allwright
Makeup Artist
Paul Rabiger
Makeup Artist
Freddie Williamson
Makeup Artist
John Wilcox
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jonathan Cates
Sound Editor
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Mixer
Robin Gregory
Sound Recordist
Lalo Schifrin
Original Music Composer
John Beharrell
Production Accountant
Ray Caple
Matte Painter
Peter James
Set Dresser
Åke Lindman
Production Consultant
Ray Freeborn
Location Manager
Gerry Crampton
Stunt Coordinator
Charles Bishop
Art Direction
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