Shadow of the Eagle is a 1950 British-Italian historical drama film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese and Greta Gynt.

[2] A separate Italian version The Rival of the Empress was released the following year.

It was produced by Tony Havelock Allen who made it through his new company, Constellation Films.

He said the movie "looked nice, had beautiful sets, but again I wasn’t pleased with it.

"[3] During the 18th century the Empress of Russia Catherine the Great sends her lover Count Alexei Orloff to kidnap her rival for the throne, the pretender Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova, from Venice.