To Catch a King

To Catch a King is a 1984 American thriller film directed by Clive Donner and written by Roger O. Hirson. Based on the 1979 novel by Jack Higgins, the film stars Robert Wagner, Teri Garr, Horst Janson, John Standing, Barbara Parkins and Marcel Bozzuffi. It premiered on HBO on February 12, 1984.

Premise

The story is a fictionalized account of Operation Willi.

Cast

Robert Wagner as Joe Jackson
Teri Garr as Hannah Winter
Horst Janson as General Walter Schellenberg
John Standing as Duke of Windsor
Barbara Parkins as Duchess of Windsor
Marcel Bozzuffi as Colonel da Cunha
Jane Lapotaire as Irene Neumann
Barry Foster as Max Winter
Peter Egan as Reinhard Heydrich
John Patrick as Major Kleiber
Constantine Gregory as Captain Mohta
John Barron as Sir Walbert Selby
Edmund Kente as Lord Walter Monckton
Peter Woodthorpe as Elric Becker
Lex van Delden as Egger
Nicholas Courtney as de Oliveira