Once an Eagle
02/12/1976



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.
Cast


Sam Elliott
Sam Damon


Darleen Carr
Tommy Caldwell


Glenn Ford
George Caldwell


Ralph Bellamy
Ed Caldwell


Dane Clark
Harry Sheppard


Andrew Duggan
Gen. McKelvey


John Saxon
Capt. Townshend


Cliff Potts
Courtenay Massengale


Amy Irving
Emily Pawlfrey Massengale


Lynda Day George
Marge Krisler


Kim Hunter
Kitty Damon


Forrest Tucker
Col. Avery


Clu Gulager
Alvin Merrick


James Cromwell
J.L. Cleghorne


Juliet Mills
Joyce


David Wayne
Col. Terwilliger


Anthony Zerbe
David Shifkin


Phyllis Thaxter
Alma Caldwell


Ron Masak
Maynard Lambert


William Windom
Gen. Duke Pulleyne


Kent Smith
Gen. Jacklyn


Albert Salmi
Senator Bert McConnadin


Barry Sullivan
Gen. Bannerman


Melanie Griffith
Jinny Massengale


Robert Hogan
Ben Krisler


Kario Salem
Joe Brand


Andrew Stevens
Donny Damon


Kip Niven
Ryetower


David Huddleston
Earl Preis


Jane Merrow
Hallie Burns


Jane Elliot
Cheryl Logan


Andrew Robinson
Reb Reyburne


Harriet Nelson
Harriet Nelson


James Shigeta
Lin Tso-Han


Patti D'Arbanville
Michele


Shelley Morrison
Bordello Madam


Ben Piazza
Capt. Jerome


George Wyner
Dr. McCabe


Hayden Rorke
Paul Sinclair


Marc McClure
Red


Clint Ritchie
1st M.P.


Randall Carver
Lee McConnadin
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