ALTERNATE TITLES:
LA NOTTE DELL'AQUILA (Italian title)
CAST AND CREW:
MICHAEL CAINE (Colonel Kurt Steiner)
DONALD SUTHERLAND (Liam Devlin)
ROBERT DUVALL (Colonel Max Radl)
JENNY AGUTTER (Molly Prior)
DONALD PLEASENCE (Heinrich Himmler)
ANTHONY QUAYLE (Admiral Wilhelm Canaris)
JEAN MARSH (Joanna Grey)
SVEN-BERTIL TAUBE (Captain von Neustadt)
TREAT WILLIAMS (Captain Harry Clark)
LARRY HAGMAN (Colonel Pitts)
Directed by JOHN STURGES
Written by TOM MANKIEWICZ
(Based on the novel by JACK HIGGINS)
Produced by JACK WEINER and DAVID NIVEN, JR.
SYNOPSIS:
During World War II, Nazi paratroopers attempt to kidnap the Prime Minister of England, Winston Churchill.
PLEASENCE CHARACTER:
Pleasence plays real-life Nazi Heinrich Himmler, who was the minister of the interior and head of all German police forces.
PORTRAITS AND STILLS:
DONALD PLEASENCE AS HEINRICH HIMMLER
ANTHONY QUAYLE AND PLEASENCE
Photos courtesy of Tim Murphy
VIDEO/LASER DISC/DVD AVAILABILITY:
NTSC VIDEO TO BUY---AMAZON.COM
NTSC VIDEO TO RENT---BEST VIDEO
PAL VIDEO TO BUY---BLACK STAR
NOVEL AVAILABILITY:
PAPERBACK NOVEL BY JACK HIGGINS TO BUY---AMAZON.COM
AUDIO NOVEL BY JACK HIGGINS [narrated by Christopher Cazenove] TO BUY---AMAZON.COM
STAR LINKS:
AN UNOFFICIAL JENNY AGUTTER FAN PAGE
CITIZEN CAINE
MY DOMAN IS MICHAEL CAINE
