Once an Eagle
Drama
DUTY. HONOR. COUNTRY.
Once An Eagle is a 1976 nine-hour American television mini-series directed by Richard Michaels and E.W. Swackhamer. The picture was written by Peter S. Fischer and based on the 1968 Anton Myrer novel of the same name. The first and last installments of the seven-part series were each two-hour broadcasts, while the interim episodes were 60 minutes. The mini-series concerns the thirty year careers of two military men, from the outbreak of World War I to the aftermath of World War II.
1976-12-02
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Cast
Director
E.W. Swackhamer
Sam Elliott as Sam Damon
Darleen Carr as Tommy Caldwell
Glenn Ford as George Caldwell
Ralph Bellamy as Ed Caldwell
Dane Clark as Harry Sheppard
Andrew Duggan as Gen. McKelvey
John Saxon as Capt. Townshend
Cliff Potts as Courtenay Massengale
Amy Irving as Emily Pawlfrey Massengale
Lynda Day George as Marge Krisler
Kim Hunter as Kitty Damon
Forrest Tucker as Col. Avery
Clu Gulager as Alvin Merrick
James Cromwell as J.L. Cleghorne
Juliet Mills as Joyce
David Wayne as Col. Terwilliger
Anthony Zerbe as David Shifkin
Phyllis Thaxter as Alma Caldwell
Ron Masak as Maynard Lambert
William Windom as Gen. Duke Pulleyne
Kent Smith as Gen. Jacklyn
Albert Salmi as Senator Bert McConnadin
Barry Sullivan as Gen. Bannerman
Melanie Griffith as Jinny Massengale
Robert Hogan as Ben Krisler
Kario Salem as Joe Brand
Andrew Stevens as Donny Damon
Kip Niven as Ryetower
David Huddleston as Earl Preis
Jane Merrow as Hallie Burns
Jane Elliot as Cheryl Logan
Andrew Robinson as Reb Reyburne
Harriet Nelson as Harriet Nelson
James Shigeta as Lin Tso-Han
Patti D'Arbanville as Michele
Shelley Morrison as Bordello Madam
Ben Piazza as Capt. Jerome
George Wyner as Dr. McCabe
Hayden Rorke as Paul Sinclair
Marc McClure as Red
Clint Ritchie as 1st M.P.
Randall Carver as Lee McConnadin