The film's plot line is based on a novel from the year before about a fictional Nazi attempt to kidnap UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War Two.
It reminded me of a similar film I watched a few years ago 'Went The Day Well?' (1942) about a Nazi invasion by paratroopers of the UK in a small village. Here a similar plot follows as a Norfolk village near an isolated part of the east coastline of England which is the centre point of the action.
The film is directed by John Sturges of The Great Escape (1963) fame. The cast is ensemble as that film was featuring the likes of Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Anthony Quayle and Donald Pleasence.
I don't know it just didn't have that polished feel of earlier films like The Great Escape or Where Eagles Dare for that matter. It is reported that director Sturges wasn't fully committed to the project? It was certainly an entertaining watch but not one I am likely to actively repeat.
It reminded me of a similar film I watched a few years ago 'Went The Day Well?' (1942) about a Nazi invasion by paratroopers of the UK in a small village. Here a similar plot follows as a Norfolk village near an isolated part of the east coastline of England which is the centre point of the action.
The film is directed by John Sturges of The Great Escape (1963) fame. The cast is ensemble as that film was featuring the likes of Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Anthony Quayle and Donald Pleasence.
I don't know it just didn't have that polished feel of earlier films like The Great Escape or Where Eagles Dare for that matter. It is reported that director Sturges wasn't fully committed to the project? It was certainly an entertaining watch but not one I am likely to actively repeat.