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As miniseries go, "Once an Eagle" is a decent one, especially for its time, with competent actors, exotic locales, and the nearly unique-for-TV depiction of the 1918 A.E.F. on color film, but if you're looking for more than soap opera characters in G.I. dress, you may want to try elsewhere.
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 ...
Part 1: Directed by E.W. Swackhamer. With Sam Elliott, Cliff Potts, Darleen Carr, Amy Irving. Sam Damon, from small-town Nebraska, finds life in the U.S. Army, just prior to World War I, so appealing that he breaks off his relationship with Celia, his childhood sweetheart.
Jun 19, 2012 · As such, I found "Once An Eagle" to be a good movie that both entertained and engrossed me, while the acting was of the quality typical for "high end" made for television movies. The movie reminded me of The Wings of Eagles with John Wayne; albeit, the later is about the Army/Navy Air Corps and "Once An Eagle" is about the US Army Infantry.
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Once an Eagle: With Sam Elliott, Cliff Potts, Darleen Carr, Amy Irving. A story of the professional and private lives of two Army officers, Court Massengale an incompetent schemer who doesn't care about his men, and Sam Damon, a heroic and caring leader from World War I to the end of World War II.
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 ...
